Xerjoff · 2026

Avanguardia

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Xerjoff asks $430 for 100 ml
100 ml$430

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Juicy mandarin and cherry over powdery black violet, rose and woody patchouli, settling into tonka, styrax resin and frankincense.

Xerjoff says

You’ll smell mandarin, davana, cherry, Black Violet, Rose Geraniol, Fractionated Patchouli Oil, Tonka Bean, styrax and frankincense (olibanum).

The house’s page

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The drawn Avanguardia bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Avanguardia’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, davana, cherry, violet, rose, patchouli drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Avanguardia, when you spray it: Mandarin, Davana, Cherry, Bergamot, Lemon

As it settlesheart notes

Avanguardia, as it settles: Violet, Rose, Patchouli, Cinnamon

What staysdry-down notes

Avanguardia, what stays: Tonka (coumarin), Styrax, Frankincense, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Xerjoff names

MandarinDavanaCherryBlack VioletRose GeraniolFractionated Patchouli OilTonka BeanStyraxFrankincense (olibanum)

What the label names

29 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.

6 citrus4 herbs & lavender8 florals3 woods3 sweet1 amber & resins4 spices

Citrus6

Bergamot oilLemon oilLimonenealpha-TerpineneCitralTerpinolene

Herbs & lavender4

PineneLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals8

Dimethyl phenethyl acetateBenzyl salicylateCinnamyl alcoholCitronellolFarnesolGeraniol (rose)Geranyl acetateRose ketones

Woods3

Cedarwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)Ebanol

Sweet3

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)Benzaldehyde

Amber & resins1

Benzyl cinnamate

Spices4

Cinnamon bark oilEugenolbeta-CaryophylleneCinnamal
4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBHT (keeps it fresh)Benzyl benzoate

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

The Queen and the ViperStéphane Humbert Lucas · shares davana, styrax and frankincense$255 for 50 ml · about the same as Avanguardia’s $430
CarminaCreed · shares cherry, violet (sweet violet), rose and frankincense$460 for 75 ml
Jump Up and Kiss Me HedonisticClive Christian · shares cherry, violet (sweet violet), rose and tonkaabout $653 for 50 ml
See 1 more1 more share half its notes
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares mandarin, rose, patchouli, tonka and 1 more$115 for 75 ml · about a third of Avanguardia’s $430
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.