Zadig & Voltaire · 2025 · Amandine Clerc-Marie and Florian Gallo

Zadig

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Ginger, neroli and nutty sesame over orange blossom, drying to roasted vanilla, sandalwood and whipped cream.

Zadig & Voltaire says

You’ll smell black and white sesame accords, orange blossom, roasted vanilla and sandalwood.

More from Zadig & Voltaire’s description

It also mentions Ginger, Neroli and Whipped cream.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Zadig’s scent picture, a draft: sesame, orange blossom, vanilla (vanillin), sandalwood, ginger, whipped cream drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Zadig, top notes: Sesame, Ginger, Bergamot, Sweet orange, Lemon, Carvone (spearmint)

Heartas it settles

Zadig, heart: Orange blossom, Whipped cream

Dry-downwhat stays

Zadig, dry-down: Vanilla (vanillin), Sandalwood, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Galaxolide (musk), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

31 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 citrus5 herbs & lavender9 florals3 woods3 sweet2 spices1 musks1 powder

10 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

BeeZoologist · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla, sandalwood and ginger$240 for 60 ml · about twice Zadig’s $178
Lyric ManAmouage · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla, sandalwood and ginger$395 for 100 ml · about twice Zadig’s $178
Interlude WomanAmouage · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla, sandalwood and ginger
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.