Viktor&Rolf · 2015 · Carlos Benaim and Jean-Christophe Hérault

Spicebomb Extreme

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Viktor&Rolf asks $155 for 90 ml
90 ml$155

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Black pepper and lavender over saffron, cinnamon and cumin, melting into boozy tobacco, vanilla and a dark, ambery resin.

Viktor&Rolf says

You’ll smell Black Pepper Essence, Saffron Accord and labdanum (cistus absolute).

More from Viktor&Rolf’s description

It also mentions Lavender, Cinnamon, Saffron, Tobacco, Vanilla, Bourbon, Black pepper, Cumin, Tobacco accord, Woody amber, Grapefruit, Allspice (pimento berry) and Pepper.

The house’s page

The drawn Spicebomb Extreme bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Spicebomb Extreme’s scent picture, a draft: black pepper, saffron, labdanum, lavender, cinnamon, tobacco drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Spicebomb Extreme, top notes: Black pepper, Lavender, Grapefruit

Heartas it settles

Spicebomb Extreme, heart: Saffron, Cinnamon, Whisky, Cumin, Allspice, Geraniol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Spicebomb Extreme, dry-down: Labdanum, Tobacco, Vanilla, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Viktor&Rolf names

Black Pepper EssenceSaffron AccordLabdanum (cistus absolute)LavenderCinnamonTobaccoVanillaBourbonCuminTobacco accordGrapefruitAllspice (pimento berry)

What the label names

10 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 sweet2 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

Methyl anthranilateCitronellolGeraniol (rose) (rose)

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
8 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholViolet 2Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

SpicebombViktor&Rolf · shares black pepper, saffron, cinnamon, tobacco and 1 more$138 for 90 ml · about the same as Spicebomb Extreme’s $155
Overture ManAmouage · shares saffron, cistus, cinnamon, cumin and 1 more$395 for 100 ml · about twice Spicebomb Extreme’s $155
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares black pepper, cistus, lavender, vanilla and 1 more$19.05 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Spicebomb Extreme’s $155
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.