Tom Ford · 2017

Vanille Fatale

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Saffron and coriander over roasted coffee and barley, with frangipani and narcissus, on vanilla, myrrh, dark woods and suede.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Vanille Fatale’s scent picture, a draft: frangipani, coffee, mahogany, vanilla, saffron, coriander drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Vanille Fatale, top notes: Coriander, Geranium, Bergamot, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Vanille Fatale, heart: Safraleine, Roasted barley orpur, Rose

Dry-downwhat stays

Vanille Fatale, dry-down: Frangipani, Coffee, Mahogany, Vanilla, Saffron, Myrrh, Frankincense, Narcissus, Leather, Oakmoss, Cedar, Galaxolide (musk), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

32 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.

6 citrus6 herbs & lavender10 florals2 woods1 sweet1 amber & resins2 spices2 musks1 powder1 earth & moss

6 more lines on the label: 1 not yet in Ingredients, 5 not there for the smell

Not in Ingredients yet1

Pinus pumila, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

BabycatYSL · shares vanilla, saffron, frankincense and suede$330 for 125 ml · about a third of Vanille Fatale’s $405
RifaaqatParis Corner · shares vanilla, saffron, frankincense and suedeabout $23 for 85 ml · about a tenth of Vanille Fatale’s $405
Opus XII Rose IncenseAmouage · shares vanilla, myrrh, frankincense and suede$395 for 100 ml · about half of Vanille Fatale’s $405
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.