Vilhelm Parfumerie

Peony Couture

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Vilhelm Parfumerie asks about $280 for 100 ml
100 mlabout $280

VersionEau de Parfum

Black pepper and aniseed over French peony and Turkish rose, drying to incense and cedarwood.

Vilhelm Parfumerie says

You’ll smell black pepper, anise, french peony, Turkish rose absolute, incense and Wild Cedarwood.

More from Vilhelm Parfumerie’s description

It also mentions Turkish roses.

The house’s page

The drawn Peony Couture bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Peony Couture’s scent picture, a draft: black pepper, anise, peony, rose, frankincense, cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Peony Couture, top notes: Black pepper, Anise

Heartas it settles

Peony Couture, heart: Peony, Rose

Dry-downwhat stays

Peony Couture, dry-down: Frankincense, Cedar

What’s inside it

What Vilhelm Parfumerie names

Black pepperAniseFrench peonyTurkish rose absoluteIncenseWild Cedarwood

What the label names

7 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 & lavender3 florals1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

CitronellolGeraniol (rose)Hydroxycitronellal

Powder1

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

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Club de Nuit ImperialeArmaf · shares peony, rose, frankincense and cedar (Atlas cedar)$50 for 105 ml · about a fifth of Peony Couture’s about $280
Dia WomanAmouage · shares peony, rose, frankincense and cedar (Atlas cedar)$395 for 100 ml
ChloéChloé · shares peony, rose and cedar (Atlas cedar)$150 for 50 ml · about the same as Peony Couture’s about $280
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.