Givenchy · 2021 · Fanny Bal, Dominique Ropion and Anne Flipo

L'Interdit Rouge

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Blood orange and ginger over orange blossom, jasmine and spicy pimento leaf, drying to patchouli and sandalwood.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

L'Interdit Rouge’s scent picture, a draft: sweet orange, ginger, orange blossom, jasmine, allspice, patchouli drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

L'Interdit Rouge, top notes: Sweet orange, Ginger

Heartas it settles

L'Interdit Rouge, heart: Orange blossom, Jasmine, Allspice

Dry-downwhat stays

L'Interdit Rouge, dry-down: Patchouli, Sandalwood, Tuberose, Vetiver, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

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 & lavender4 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder

3 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

L'InterditGivenchy · shares ginger, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine, patchouli and 2 more$175 for 80 ml · about the same as L'Interdit Rouge’s $175
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine, patchouli, sandalwood and 2 more$115 for 75 ml
OscarOscar de la Renta · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine, patchouli, sandalwood and 2 more$109 for 100 ml · about half of L'Interdit Rouge’s $175
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.