L'Interdit (2018) (Eau de Parfum) by Givenchy

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L'Interdit Givenchy 2018 Eau de Parfum

Version from 2018

Ranked 79 in Women's Perfume

7.7 / 10 931 Ratings

A popular perfume by Givenchy for women, released in 2018. The scent is floral-sweet. The longevity is above-average. It is being marketed by LVMH.
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Main accords

Floral

Sweet

Fruity

Powdery

Creamy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Calabrian bergamot

Madagascan ginger

Heart Notes

Indian tuberose absolute

Indian jasmine sambac absolute

Tunisian orange blossom absolute

Base Notes

Haitian vetiver

Indonesian patchouli

Perfumers

Dominique Ropion, Anne Flipo, Fanny Bal

Ratings

Scent

7.7931 Ratings

Longevity

8.1821 Ratings

Sillage

7.9815 Ratings

Bottle

7.7808 Ratings

Value for money

7.7573 Ratings

Submitted by Franfan20 · last update on 01/29/2026.

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Interesting Facts

The face of the advertising campaign is American actress Rooney Mara.

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Metaphor

Hédonisme Intense

L'Interdit Tubéreuse Noire

Reviews

53 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/06/2022

Mlleghoul
474 Reviews

Mlleghoul

6

I'm too old for this sh*t

Givenchy L’Interdit is…oof. It makes my hips ache and my knees creak. It makes me feel like a f*cking fossil. This is a candied fruity floral, like crushed shards of every flavor Jolly Rancher forming the vague shape of a flower but I think anyone who smells it will agree it is no flower found in nature. Do you know who smelled it and loved it, and thought it was "bomb" and "fire" and "literally everything," though? A quartet of college girls who robbed a fast-food restaurant and stole a car to fund their spring break plans and who then got bailed out of jail by a skeezy clown of drug dealer/rapper/arms dealer named Alien who looks just like James Franco. I’m pretty sure they are all about this bikini bacchanalia neon candy Harmony Korine girls gone wild hedonist hell of a scent and man, they can have it. I’m too old for this sh*t.

10/02/2023

6Scent 3Longevity 3Sillage

Florblanca
1166 Reviews

Florblanca

Helpful Review 2

Audrey would protest sharply!

And I do as well. L'Interdit - Audrey Hepburns fragrance, of which I own all, the perfume the EdP and the EdT as Vintage - is my signature fragrance. So after reading various comments here, I absolutely had to test the new versions - I chose the EdP and the EdP-Intense (luckily only the 30ml versions of both). So after they arrived I tested them immediately.

On the left the Intense and on the right the EdP on the respective wrist. I will comment on the Intense separately, starting with the EdP.

One thing in advance: the bottle is at most reminiscent of Audrey's legendary L'Interdit. The pink content smells like that too - pink. A fresh, slightly floral spring note that is neither particularly strong nor particularly persistent.

Am I disappointed? Yes and no. Yes, because the great L'Interdit from back then no longer exists and no, because I didn't expect anything different from a reformulated and relaunched fragrance.

The perfume manufacturers' motto seems to be "mainly mainstream". There is no need to stand out from what should essentially be the driving force behind perfumery. But that's exactly what makes a good scent for me. And also the difference between good perfumery and the perfume industry.

Too bad. Nothing good has been done here for either the name Givenchy or the name L'Interdit.

04/02/2022

BrianBuchanan
363 Reviews

BrianBuchanan

3

Waste of Talent

Getting the author of Carnal Flower and Vétiver Extraordinaire to write a fruchouli is like telling Michelangelo to leave the Sistine chapel and do a manga cartoon.
I wish he would stop wasting his time and concentrate on Going for The One...

*Not to mention My Queen, Safari, Dune, Jungle Tiger, Peau de Soie, etc

Updated on 01/16/2023

08/22/2025

7Scent 7Longevity 9Sillage

Ursaw
174 Reviews

Ursaw

2

A perfect white floral bouquet in someone else's Instagram story

White florals. The most popular ones, to make everyone happy. Tuberose at the forefront, thick and creamy. The other two right behind it. A splash of bergamot, a sprinkle of ginger. Just noticeable enough to give depth to the heavy white sweetness. Not nearly enough to offset any of it. A soft woodsy backdrop. Completes the bouquet without diverting any attention from it.

I'm not its target audience, but I find myself really impressed by the composition. There are many white floral forward perfumes around, sure, but few of them have such a clear and precise vision. If I close my eyes, I can almost feel tender flesh of the petals under my fingertips.

The scent envelops the house and overwhelms my senses. My partner comes home ~40 minutes after I spray it and comments that it smells really nice while he's still at the door. Then quickly decides "nevermind" as he comes closer. An area in 2 meter radius around me is the dead zone. Too heavy and sweet to breathe properly. Weirdly enough, I don't develop a headache – I just tune it out and go about my day normally.

From there, it slowly fizzles out around the edges and settles closer to me. Becomes flatter. ~2 hours in the white floral aura around me dissipates at an arm's length away. ~4 hours in the base becomes clearly visible and the composition finally settles close to my skin. The flowers start fading away.

Around ~5 hours in there's still a vague florality present over vetiver, but we've reached the drydown. Vaguely sweet, a bit powdery. Still feels clean and refined, which is a rarity when it comes to femme perfumes with patchouli at the base, at least in my experience. It's not my thing, but it's done well. I respect it.

In another ~2 hours all that's left is a very airy and faint vetiver aftertaste. I won't keep my decant, I'd rather give it away to someone who would actually wear it; but as fondly as I can remember something that choked out my whole house – I will remember it.

09/29/2018

8Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Jazzy76
320 Reviews

Jazzy76

2

Letter to Audrey (Hepburn)

Dear Audrey,wherever you are,
Have you heard that the maison Givenchy here on the earth relaunched a new version of your legendary perfume created by Monsieur Hubert de Givenchy?
I know, you remember very well the pyramid of the vintage version: Aldehyde accord, Bergamot, Mandarin, Peach, Strawberry at the top, a heart made of Rose, Jasmine, Lily-of-the-valley, Ylang-ylang, Iris, Narcissus and finally the warm and deep base notes: Tonka bean, Sandalwood, Vetiver, Benzoin, Amber, Cistus, Musk .
Well, dear Audrey, times have changed and tastes too.
Well, nowadays you will smell first a smooth and feminin cloud of Jasmine, but immediately a warm and vibrant tuberose note will hit your nose. But you'll remember mainly the base: a very warm and cocooning patchouli, not too earthy, and the ambroxan, a sort of synthetic amber very pleasant: oriental , sweet, round and not at all medicinal.
Are you surprised? this is is the new bouquet for the woman in little black dress of the third millennium.
The sillage is good and the result is pleasant and quite longlasting.
The bottle too is very different : you' ll find a minimal but anyway classy round bottle .
Do you agree? would you like to try this 3.0 version of your scented second skin? I'm sure that nothing will replace your vintage perfume, but give a chance to this new one.
Greetings from 2018, Jazzy
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Updated on 09/29/2018

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