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Victoria's Secret

Designer · USA

Basic Instinct

Its materials in the catalog

Counts recorded in the Essentia catalog, out of 56,049 perfumes. Infrequent means rarely recorded here, not rare on the market. They do not indicate formula quantities or preference.

Its least common notes

  • Passionfruit in 642 perfumes
  • Red Berries in 792 perfumes
  • Jasmine Sambac in 1,262 perfumes
  • Lily in 1,962 perfumes

Its least common accords

  • lactonic in 1,414 perfumes
  • tuberose in 1,545 perfumes

Profile Matches were searched by criteria including some of this perfume's less common materials: white floral, patchouli, tuberose, rose, lactonic, saffron, Ginger, Orange Blossom, tuberose and Vetiver.

Of the 325 perfumes from this house in the catalog, between 1991 and 2024.

Floral

Family

WomenProfile

2004

Released

Main Accords

white floralfruitypatchoulituberosesweet

Accord Profile

Main Accord Structure

white floral100%
fruity91%
patchouli82%
tuberose73%
sweet64%
rose54%
woody45%
lactonic36%
warm spicy27%
animalic18%

Composition

Notes Pyramid

Top Notes
GingerJasminePassionfruitRed Berriessaffron
Heart Notes
Jasmine SambacLilyOrange BlossomRosetuberose
Base Notes
AmberPatchouliPeachVetiverWoody Notes

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Fragrance Fit

When To Wear

100%
WinterPeak
0%
Spring
0%
Summer
96%
Autumn
26%
Day
27%
NightPeak
Winter100%Peak
Spring0%
Summer0%
Autumn96%
Day26%
Night27%Peak

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Profile Matches

6

Fragrances with a similar olfactive DNA based on shared notes, accords, and structure.

Basic Instinct

Van Gils

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Mood Yearn

Victoria's Secret

Mood Yearn

Floral
Shantoung

Galimard

Shantoung

Floral
Pastel de Gres

Gres

Pastel de Gres

Floral
Melange Solid Perfume Floral

Melange Perfume

Melange Solid Perfume Floral

Floral
Candid

Avon

Candid

Woody

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Bob Mackie

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Mackie

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Mackie for Men

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Reminds Me Of

4

Subjective associations — scents that users say evoke a similar feeling or memory.

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Times Square

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