Rabanne · 2025

Million Gold Elixir

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Rabanne asks $182 for 100 ml
100 ml$182

The houseFor men

VersionParfum Intense

Mandarin, bergamot, violet leaves and cardamom over vanilla, cedarwood, benzoin and labdanum resins, drying to sandalwood, cypriol and patchouli.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell Yellow Mandarin, bergamot, Violet Leaves, cardamom, vanilla, cedarwood, benzoin, labdanum, sandalwood, cypriol and patchouli.

The shop’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Million Gold Elixir’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, bergamot, violet, cardamom, vanilla (vanillin), cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Million Gold Elixir, top notes: Mandarin, Bergamot, Violet, Cardamom, Lemon, Sweet orange, Mint

Heartas it settles

Million Gold Elixir, heart: Vanilla (vanillin), Cedar, Benzoin, Labdanum, Cinnamon

Dry-downwhat stays

Million Gold Elixir, dry-down: Sandalwood, Cypriol, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Galaxolide (musk), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What a shop’s page names

Yellow MandarinBergamotViolet LeavesCardamomVanillaCedarwoodBenzoinLabdanumSandalwoodCypriolPatchouli

What the label names

30 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.

7 citrus6 herbs & lavender4 florals5 woods2 sweet4 spices1 musks1 powder

Citrus7

LimoneneLemon oilBergamot oilBitter orange oilTerpinoleneCitralalpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender6

PinenePeppermint oilMentholLinalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals4

HydroxycitronellalRose ketonesGeranyl acetateGeraniol (rose)

Woods5

Patchouli oilSandalwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)VertofixEbanol

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices4

beta-CaryophylleneCinnamon bark oilEugenolCinnamal

Musks1

Galaxolide (musk)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
10 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell10

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateA light stabiliserYellow 5Red 4Ext. violet 2Benzyl alcoholPropanediol, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

LustreAmouage · shares cardamom, vanilla, cedar (Atlas cedar), benzoin and 4 more$475 for 100 ml
Beloved WomanAmouage · shares violet (sweet violet), cardamom, vanilla, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 4 more
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares mandarin, bergamot, violet (sweet violet), cardamom and 4 more$66.67 for 100 ml · about a third of Million Gold Elixir’s $182
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