Jo Malone London · 2021

Red Hibiscus Cologne Intense

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseUnisex

Bright mandarin over red hibiscus with heady jasmine sambac and ylang-ylang, resting on warm vanilla.

Jo Malone London says

You’ll smell mandarin, Red Hibiscus and vanilla.

More from Jo Malone London’s description

It also mentions Jasmine sambac and Ylang ylang.

The house’s page

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Red Hibiscus Cologne Intense’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, hibiscus, vanilla, jasmine, ylang-ylang, coumarin (new-mown hay) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Red Hibiscus Cologne Intense, when you spray it: Mandarin

As it settlesheart notes

Red Hibiscus Cologne Intense, as it settles: Hibiscus, Jasmine, Ylang-ylang

What staysdry-down notes

Red Hibiscus Cologne Intense, what stays: Vanilla, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

11 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 & lavender6 florals1 sweet1 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

Gingembre PétillantVersace · shares mandarin, vanilla, jasmine and ylang-ylangabout $425 for 100 ml · about twice Red Hibiscus Cologne Intense’s $225
Million Gold for HerRabanne · shares mandarin, vanilla, jasmine and ylang-ylang$177 for 90 ml · about the same as Red Hibiscus Cologne Intense’s $225
AquaticaRayhaan · shares mandarin, hibiscus, jasmine and ylang-ylangabout $41 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Red Hibiscus Cologne Intense’s $225
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.