Note Pyramid
Tunisian Orange Blossom
Sambac Jasmine
Tunisian Neroli
Indian Tuberose
Cocoa Bean
L'Interdit Rouge Ultime
L'Interdit is the fragrance Hubert de Givenchy made in 1957 for his friend Audrey Hepburn, and Givenchy L'Interdit Rouge Ultime Eau de Parfum 50ml is the darkest reading the house has given that name.
The opening is a trio of white flowers and citrus peel. Tunisian orange blossom is clean and softly sweet, Tunisian neroli beside it is greener and sharper, more about the leaf and the rind, and sambac jasmine brings the heat, thick and indolic and unmistakably floral. Indian tuberose follows in the heart and pushes the whole thing further, creamy and almost rubbery in the way tuberose always is. Then cocoa bean turns up, dry and bitter rather than sweet, and that is the twist the name is pointing at.
The base keeps hold of the darkness. Indonesian patchouli is earthy and damp, tobacco adds a cured leaf dryness, Haitian vetiver brings smoky roots, and ambroxan lays a modern mineral polish underneath it all that makes the flowers project further than they would alone.
Nine materials, and it is a dense piece of work. Expect strong presence for the first few hours and a close, smoky floral warmth that holds all evening. Two sprays is the correct dose and the 50ml bottle will outlast a year of regular wear at that rate, which is the argument for the smaller size on a fragrance this concentrated.
Released in 2023 and composed by Anne Flipo, Dominique Ropion and Fanny Bal, it reads as feminine, suits night time and cold weather, and is the version to reach for when the lighter ones in the line feel too polite. The house has been in Paris since 1952, when Hubert de Givenchy founded it, and it is part of LVMH today with its fragrances made by a maison of their own.
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