Note Pyramid
Tunisian Orange Blossom
Sambac Jasmine
Tunisian Neroli
Indian Tuberose
Cocoa Bean
L'Interdit Rouge Ultime
Bitter cocoa bean against creamy tuberose is the idea, and Givenchy L'Interdit Rouge Ultime Eau de Parfum 50ml is built around that single contrast.
Everything above it exists to set the contrast up. Tunisian orange blossom and Tunisian neroli open together, the first soft and sweetly floral, the second green and bracing with a bitter rind edge, while sambac jasmine adds a dense, warm, almost animal floral underneath them. Indian tuberose arrives in the heart, thick and milky and very loud, and the cocoa bean cuts straight across it, dry and dusty with no sugar in it whatsoever.
The finish is where the fragrance gets its weight. Tobacco is dry and cured, Indonesian patchouli dark and earthy, Haitian vetiver smoky and rooted, and ambroxan runs beneath the lot adding a clean mineral shine that pushes the flowers outward. It is a nine material composition and every one of them is doing something, which is rarer than it sounds in a fragrance this heavily marketed.
At eau de parfum strength this is a long wear: four or five hours of genuine projection, then a warm floral smokiness that stays until you wash it off. The 50ml size is the practical one for a fragrance this assertive, since a little goes a long way and a larger bottle would sit half used for years. The composition is dated 2023 and credited to Anne Flipo, Dominique Ropion and Fanny Bal. It is a feminine fragrance for evenings, for cold weather and for occasions where being noticed is the intention.
Givenchy was founded in Paris in 1952 by Hubert de Givenchy, who created the original L'Interdit in 1957 as a tribute to Audrey Hepburn. The house is owned by LVMH, with fragrance run as a separate maison.
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