Rabanne · 2024 · Christophe Raynaud and Quentin Bisch

Million Gold

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

VersionEau de Parfum Intense

Fresh, juicy mandarin over warm cedarwood, drying down to a smooth, creamy sandalwood.

Rabanne says

You’ll smell MANDARIN, CEDARWOOD and SANDALWOOD.

More from Rabanne’s description

It also mentions Fresh mandarin, Warm cedarwood and Vibrant sandalwood.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Million Gold’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, cedar, sandalwood, coumarin (tonka) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Million Gold, top notes: Mandarin

Heartas it settles

Million Gold, heart: Cedar

Dry-downwhat stays

Million Gold, dry-down: Sandalwood, Coumarin (tonka)

What’s inside it

What Rabanne names

What the label names

9 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 sweet2 spices1 powder

6 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

Tubéreuse 40Le Labo · shares mandarin, cedar (Atlas cedar) and sandalwood$555 for 100 ml
Wisal DhahabAjmal · shares mandarin, cedar (Atlas cedar) and sandalwood$53.61 for 50 ml
ErosVersace · shares mandarin, cedar (Atlas cedar) and sandalwood$129 for 100 ml · about the same as Million Gold’s $145
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.