Clive Christian

No1 Feminine

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionParfum

Plum, white peach and citrus over iris, rose, ylang-ylang and a pimento spice, ending in vanilla, amber and musk.

Clive Christian says

You’ll smell allspice (pimento), ylang-ylang and Madagascan vanilla.

More from Clive Christian’s description

It also mentions Plum, White Peach, Lemon, Mandarin, Iris, Allspice (pimento oil), Vintage Iris, Rose, Carnation, Musk, Amber, Tonka Bean, Mirabelle plum, Bergamot, Jasmine and Musks.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

No1 Feminine’s scent picture, a draft: allspice, ylang-ylang, vanilla, plum, peach, lemon drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

No1 Feminine, top notes: Allspice, Lemon, Mandarin, Bergamot

Heartas it settles

No1 Feminine, heart: Ylang-ylang, Plum, Peach, Rose, Carnation, Jasmine

Dry-downwhat stays

No1 Feminine, dry-down: Vanilla, Iris, Musk, Amber, Tonka (coumarin), Oakmoss

What’s inside it

What the label names

13 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 & lavender4 florals1 sweet2 spices2 powder1 earth & moss

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

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholBenzophenone-2, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · shares ylang-ylang, lemon, orris, rose and 5 more$250 for 100 ml · about a tenth of No1 Feminine’s about $858
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares ylang-ylang, vanilla, mandarin, orris and 5 more$115 for 75 ml · about a tenth of No1 Feminine’s about $858
OscarOscar de la Renta · shares ylang-ylang, vanilla, peach, orris and 5 more$109 for 100 ml · about a tenth of No1 Feminine’s about $858
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.