Elizabeth Arden · 1989 · Carlos Benaïm and Olivier Gillotin

Red Door

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Toilette

Lily of the valley and violet over red rose, orange flower, jasmine and ylang-ylang, resting on honey, oakmoss and sandalwood.

Elizabeth Arden says

You’ll smell lily of the valley, freesia, wild violets, red roses, Moroccan orange flower, jasmine, ylang ylang, honey, oak moss and sandalwood.

More from Elizabeth Arden’s description

It also mentions Orchids.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Red Door’s scent picture, a draft: lily of the valley, freesia, violet, rose, bitter orange, jasmine drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Red Door, top notes: Lily of the valley, Freesia, Violet

Heartas it settles

Red Door, heart: Rose, Bitter orange, Jasmine, Ylang-ylang, Orchid, Cinnamal (cinnamon)

Dry-downwhat stays

Red Door, dry-down: Honey, Oakmoss, Sandalwood, Treemoss, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

12 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.

1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet3 spices1 powder1 earth & moss

11 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

Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · shares lily of the valley, violet (sweet violet), rose, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and 4 more$250 for 100 ml
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares lily of the valley, rose, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine and 4 more$115 for 75 ml
The Wedding Silk Santal 36Kayali · shares freesia, rose, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine and 2 more$150 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.