Givenchy · 2020 · Fanny Bal, Dominique Ropion and Anne Flipo

Irresistible

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Pear and ambrette, then rose and iris, settling on cedar, light woods and musk.

Givenchy says

You’ll smell Pear Accord, Ambrette Absolute, Rose Essential, Iris Butter, Cedarwood Essence and Blond Wood.

More from Givenchy’s description

It also mentions Musk.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Irresistible’s scent picture, a draft: pear, ambrette, rose, iris, cedar, blond wood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Irresistible, top notes: Pear, Ambrette, Limonene (orange peel)

Heartas it settles

Irresistible, heart: Rose, Iris

Dry-downwhat stays

Irresistible, dry-down: Cedar, Blond wood, Musk, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 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 & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 powder

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

Not for the smell11

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)A light stabiliserBHT (keeps it fresh)Red 4Ext. violet 2Yellow 5Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yetButylene glycol dicaprylate/dicaprate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Fleur de PeauDiptyque · shares ambrette, rose, orris and cashmere knit$260 for 75 ml
Young RoseByredo · shares ambrette, rose, orris and cashmere knit$235 for 50 ml · about twice Irresistible’s $167
Donna Born in Roma Coral FantasyValentino · shares ambrette, rose, cedar (Atlas cedar) and cashmere knit$180 for 100 ml · about the same as Irresistible’s $167
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.