Rabanne · 2024

Invictus

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Rabanne asks $157 for 100 ml
100 ml$157

The houseFor men

From lightest to strongest

Lavender and pink pepper over a salty sea haze, then soapy myrtle and violet leaf, drying to sandalwood and musk.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell lavender, pink pepper, marine haze accord, black soap, myrtle oil, violet leaf accord, sandalwood, Cashmeran and carnal musk.

The shop’s page

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The drawn Invictus bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Invictus’s scent picture, a draft: lavender, pink pepper, marine haze, myrtle, violet, sandalwood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Invictus, when you spray it: Lavender, Pink pepper, Marine haze

As it settlesheart notes

Invictus, as it settles: Black soap, Myrtle, Violet

What staysdry-down notes

Invictus, what stays: Sandalwood, Cashmeran (cashmere wood), Carnal musk, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What a shop’s page names

LavenderPink pepperBlack soapMyrtle oilViolet leaf accordSandalwoodCashmeran (cashmere wood)Carnal musk

What the label names

6 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.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals1 sweet

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

Benzyl salicylateCitronellolGeraniol (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)
6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)A light stabiliserBenzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoate

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Epic ManAmouage · shares pink pepper, myrtle, sandalwood and cashmere knit$395 for 100 ml
AmbassadoraGisada · shares pink pepper, violet (sweet violet), sandalwood, Cashmeran and 1 more$115 for 100 ml
O16eMaison Origine Paris · shares myrtle, violet (sweet violet) and sandalwood$395 for 100 ml
See 5 more17 more share half its notes
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares lavender, pink pepper, violet (sweet violet), sandalwood and 1 more$19.05 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Invictus’s $157
CarbonAjmal · shares lavender, violet (sweet violet), Cashmeran and cashmere knit$24.99 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Invictus’s $157
CarminaCreed · shares pink pepper, violet (sweet violet), Cashmeran and cashmere knit$460 for 75 ml
Havana TonkaByredo · shares pink pepper, violet (sweet violet), Cashmeran and cashmere knit$465 for 70 ml
Legend SpiritMontblanc · shares lavender, pink pepper, sandalwood and Cashmeran$112 for 100 ml
See 5 more12 more share half its notes
Ambassador IntenseGisada · shares lavender, pink pepper, Cashmeran and cashmere knit$135 for 100 ml · about the same as Invictus’s $157
Bella BlancaOscar de la Renta · shares violet (sweet violet), sandalwood, Cashmeran and cashmere knit$114 for 100 ml
Rose ExposedTom Ford · shares pink pepper, sandalwood, Cashmeran and cashmere knit$460 for 100 ml
Tobacco 01Swiss Arabian · shares pink pepper, sandalwood, Cashmeran and cashmere knit$68 for 50 ml · about the same as Invictus’s $157
ReasonsAmouage · shares pink pepper, sandalwood, Cashmeran and cashmere knit$475 for 100 ml
See 5 more7 more share half its notes
PalatineParfums de Marly · shares lavender, violet (sweet violet), sandalwood and cashmere knit$410 for 75 ml
Beloved WomanAmouage · shares lavender, violet (sweet violet), sandalwood and cashmere knit
BlancheByredo · shares pink pepper, violet (sweet violet), sandalwood and cashmere knit$330 for 100 ml · about twice Invictus’s $157
Aventus for HerCreed · shares pink pepper, violet (sweet violet), sandalwood and cashmere knit$460 for 75 ml
Aromatix MagnetiqFrench Avenue · shares lavender, pink pepper, sandalwood and cashmere knitabout $60 for 100 ml · about a third of Invictus’s $157
See 2 more2 more share half its notes
Freedom Musk Santal 34Kayali · shares lavender, pink pepper, sandalwood and cashmere knitabout $146 for 100 ml · about the same as Invictus’s $157
North StarThe Woods Collection · shares lavender, pink pepper, sandalwood and cashmere knit
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.