Amouage · 2025 · Quentin Bisch

Existence

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Lily of the valley and rose over frankincense and white musk.

The drawn Existence bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Existence’s scent picture, a draft: lily of the valley, rose, frankincense, labdanum, ambergris, white musk drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Existence, top notes: Lily of the valley, Rose, Carvone (spearmint)

Heartas it settles

Existence, heart: Frankincense, Labdanum

Dry-downwhat stays

Existence, dry-down: Ambergris, White musk, Benzoin

What’s inside it

What the label names

16 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

3 citrus4 herbs & lavender7 florals2 spices

3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell3

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

OutlandsAmouage · shares rose, frankincense, cistus, ambergris and 1 more$475 for 100 ml · about the same as Existence’s $395
Elysium Pour HommeRoja Parfums · shares lily of the valley, rose, cistus, ambergris and 1 more$380 for 100 ml · about the same as Existence’s $395
TerraRayhaan · shares rose, frankincense, cistus, ambergris and 1 moreabout $41 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Existence’s $395
More from Amouage77 more perfumes

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.