Givenchy · 2024

L'Interdit Absolu

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum Intense

Neroli, lavender and cardamom over orange blossom, jasmine and tuberose, settling into tobacco, patchouli and vetiver.

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

L'Interdit Absolu’s scent picture, a draft: neroli, lavender, cardamom, jasmine, tobacco, patchouli drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

L'Interdit Absolu, top notes: Neroli, Lavender, Cardamom

Heartas it settles

L'Interdit Absolu, heart: Jasmine

Dry-downwhat stays

L'Interdit Absolu, dry-down: Tobacco, Patchouli, Vetiver, Tuberose, Labdanum, 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 & lavender3 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder

6 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

Club de Nuit Urban Man ElixirArmaf · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), lavender, jasmine, patchouli and 2 more$50 for 105 ml · about a fifth of L'Interdit Absolu’s $196
Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), lavender, cardamom, jasmine and 2 more$550 for 100 ml · about twice L'Interdit Absolu’s $196
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine, patchouli, vetiver and 2 more$115 for 75 ml
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