Frédéric Malle · 2000 · Maurice Roucel

Musc Ravageur

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot, mandarin and lavender flaring into warm cinnamon, then a soft, skin-like musk with amber, vanilla and creamy sandalwood.

Frédéric Malle says

You’ll smell bergamot, mandarin, lavender, amber, vanilla, musk, sandalwood and musk.

More from Frédéric Malle’s description

It also mentions White musk and Cinnamon.

The house’s page

The drawn Musc Ravageur bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Musc Ravageur’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, mandarin, lavender, amber, vanilla, musk drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Musc Ravageur, top notes: Bergamot, Mandarin, Lavender

Heartas it settles

Musc Ravageur, heart: Amber, Vanilla, Musk, Cinnamon, Geraniol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Musc Ravageur, dry-down: Sandalwood, White musk, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

9 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.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet3 spices

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

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

PalatineParfums de Marly · shares bergamot, mandarin, lavender, vanilla and 2 more$410 for 75 ml
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares bergamot, mandarin, lavender, vanilla and 2 more$19.05 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Musc Ravageur’s $410
LibreYSL · shares bergamot, mandarin, lavender, vanilla and 1 more$185 for 90 ml · about half of Musc Ravageur’s $410
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.