Rabanne · 2023

Invictus Victory Elixir

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionParfum Intense

A biting, fresh opening with sweet tonka bean, then smoky incense, settling into rich, spicy woods.

Rabanne says

You’ll smell tonka bean, INCENSE and OPULENT WOOD.

More from Rabanne’s description

It also mentions Spicy woods and Biting freshness.

The house’s page

The drawn Invictus Victory Elixir bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Invictus Victory Elixir’s scent picture, a draft: tonka (coumarin), frankincense, opulent wood, citral (lemon), geraniol (rose) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Invictus Victory Elixir, top notes: Tonka (coumarin), Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Invictus Victory Elixir, heart: Frankincense, Geraniol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Invictus Victory Elixir, dry-down: Opulent wood

What’s inside it

What the label names

8 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 amber & resins

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

Vanilla BarkaAmouage · shares tonka and frankincense$540 for 12 ml
Invictus VictoryRabanne · shares tonka and frankincense$150 for 100 ml · about the same as Invictus Victory Elixir’s $176
Celestial ObjectLiis · shares tonka and frankincense$178 for 50 ml · about twice Invictus Victory Elixir’s $176
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.