Houbigant · Jean-Claude Ellena

Essence Rare Eau de Parfum Extrême

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Houbigant asks $285 for 100 ml
100 ml$285

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Tea rose, iris and green ivy over a velvety rose and jasmine heart, drying to woods, white musk and clove.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell Tea Rose, Iris Petals, Small Ivy, Pure Rose Absolute, Star Jasmine, Rose Geranium, Exotic Woods, White Musk and cloves.

More from Houbigant’s description

It also mentions Floral, Woody, Velvety rose and Elegant iris.

The shop’s page

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The drawn Essence Rare Eau de Parfum Extrême bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Essence Rare Eau de Parfum Extrême’s scent picture, a draft: tea, iris, ivy, rose, jasmine, exotic woods drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Essence Rare Eau de Parfum Extrême, when you spray it: Tea, Iris, Ivy, Geranium, Limonene (orange peel), Benzaldehyde (bitter almond)

As it settlesheart notes

Essence Rare Eau de Parfum Extrême, as it settles: Rose, Jasmine

What staysdry-down notes

Essence Rare Eau de Parfum Extrême, what stays: Exotic woods, White musk, Clove, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

What’s inside it

What a shop’s page names

Tea RoseIris PetalsSmall IvyPure Rose AbsoluteStar JasmineExotic WoodsWhite MuskCloves

What the label names

17 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 citrus3 herbs & lavender5 florals1 woods1 sweet4 spices1 musks

Citrus2

Limonene (orange peel)Citral

Herbs & lavender3

PineneLinaloolTerpineol

Florals5

Geranium oilRose oilCitronellolGeraniol (rose)Geranyl acetate

Woods1

Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

Sweet1

Benzaldehyde (bitter almond)

Spices4

beta-CaryophylleneClove bud oilEugenolEugenyl acetate

Musks1

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

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcohol

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

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OscarOscar de la Renta · shares orris, rose, jasmine and clove$109 for 100 ml · about a third of Essence Rare Eau de Parfum Extrême’s $285
Epic WomanAmouage · shares tea, orris, rose and jasmine$395 for 100 ml
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Sweet AddictOakcha · shares orris, rose, jasmine and clean linen$45 for 50 ml · about a third of Essence Rare Eau de Parfum Extrême’s $285
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