Viktor&Rolf · 2012 · Olivier Polge

Spicebomb

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Bergamot, grapefruit and pink pepper over cinnamon, saffron and chili heat, drying down to tobacco, leather and vetiver.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Spicebomb’s scent picture, a draft: pink pepper, elemi, bergamot, grapefruit, cinnamon, saffron drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Spicebomb, top notes: Pink pepper, Elemi, Bergamot, Grapefruit, Black pepper

Heartas it settles

Spicebomb, heart: Cinnamon, Saffron, Paprika, Chilli, Geraniol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Spicebomb, dry-down: Leather, Tobacco, Vetiver, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

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 spices

6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

Smells like it

For more

RehabInitio · Many of its own wearers call Spicebomb a cheaper copy of it$430 for 90 ml

“This was just too similar to that Spicebomb dna so I passed.”

Reddit comment, r/ScentHeads, 2026 · 2 votes

What wearers say, set beside the price each house asks. Noses differ.

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares pink pepper, elemi, bergamot, grapefruit and 2 more$19.05 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Spicebomb’s $138
BabycatYSL · shares pink pepper, elemi, saffron, leather and 1 more$330 for 125 ml
RifaaqatParis Corner · shares pink pepper, elemi, saffron, leather and 1 moreabout $23 for 85 ml · about a fifth of Spicebomb’s $138
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.