Roberto Cavalli · 2025 · Gino Percontino, Ralf Schwieger and Patricia Choux

Serpentine

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Roberto Cavalli asks $130 for 100 ml
100 ml$130

The houseFor women

VersionParfum

Pink pepper, bergamot and blackcurrant over jasmine, lavender, saffron and rose, resting on creamy Madagascar vanilla, tonka and patchouli.

Roberto Cavalli says

You’ll smell pink pepper, bergamot, blackcurrant, jasmine sambac, lavender, saffron, rose, madagascar vanilla, tonka bean and patchouli.

More from Roberto Cavalli’s description

It also mentions Jasmine Sambac Absolute, Lavender Absolute, Golden Saffron, Rose Petals, Creamy vanilla, Seductive florals, Warm woods, Jasmine, Magnolia, Vanilla and Second-skin accord.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Serpentine’s scent picture, a draft: pink pepper, bergamot, blackcurrant, jasmine, lavender, saffron drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Serpentine, top notes: Pink pepper, Bergamot, Blackcurrant, Magnolia, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Serpentine, heart: Jasmine, Lavender, Saffron, Rose, Cinnamon, Clove

Dry-downwhat stays

Serpentine, dry-down: Vanilla (vanillin), Tonka (coumarin), Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Galaxolide (musk)

What’s inside it

What Roberto Cavalli names

Pink pepperBergamotBlackcurrantJasmine sambacLavenderSaffronRoseMadagascar vanillaTonka beanPatchouliLavender AbsoluteSeductive floralsWarm woodsJasmineMagnolia

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.

4 citrus5 herbs & lavender7 florals3 woods2 sweet1 amber & resins7 spices1 musks

Citrus4

Bitter orange oilLimoneneCitralTerpinolene

Herbs & lavender5

Lavender oilPineneLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals7

Benzyl salicylateCitronellolGeraniol (rose)Geranyl acetateHydroxycitronellalMethyl salicylateRose ketones

Woods3

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)Ebanol

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Amber & resins1

Benzyl cinnamate

Spices7

beta-CaryophylleneCinnamon bark oilClove bud oilEugenolCinnamalEugenyl acetateIsoeugenyl acetate

Musks1

Galaxolide (musk)
5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterBHT (keeps it fresh)Benzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoate

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

HalfetiPenhaligon's · shares bergamot, jasmine, saffron, rose and 3 more$330 for 100 ml
ZafferanoAcqua di Parma · shares bergamot, jasmine, saffron, rose and 3 moreabout $339 for 100 ml
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares pink pepper, bergamot, jasmine, lavender and 3 more$66.67 for 100 ml · about half of Serpentine’s $130

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.