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4.6 / 10 48 Ratings
A new perfume by Maison Margiela for women and men, released in 2025. The scent is smoky-resinous. It is being marketed by L'Oréal.
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Main accords

Smoky
Resinous
Spicy
Sweet
Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Calabrian bergamotCalabrian bergamot Elemi resinElemi resin OrangeOrange
Heart Notes Heart Notes
LavenderLavender Orange blossomOrange blossom
Base Notes Base Notes
CypriolCypriol StyraxStyrax VanillaVanilla MuskMusk WoodsWoods Gaiac woodGaiac wood

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Scent
4.648 Ratings
Longevity
7.034 Ratings
Sillage
6.736 Ratings
Bottle
6.338 Ratings
Value for money
4.931 Ratings
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Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the Replica collection.

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nolyroly

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Underrated Banger
Really lovely fragrance. The fantasy note "skin musks" is right on the money -- it smells like your boyfriend's sweatshirt. I would say the strongest note is musk, then a mix of leather, citrus, floral, and woods. I love smelling this on myself, and I love the idea of someone smelling this on me.

Performance is pretty good. Projection isn't crazy, but if I put it on before work I can still smell it when I get home.

More people should give this one a try. It's a great scent -- masculine leaning unisex, musky with depth and good performance.
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IllParagraph

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IllParagraph
IllParagraph
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Maison Margiela's Rehab
Per its marketing, Maison Margiela's Ideal One is meant to evoke the feeling of "Fantasy in a Fragrance" and elicit the primal intimacy of two lovers/soulmates. To my nose, the main inspiration is Rehab as Ideal One also manages to successfully execute a sweet, gender-less, mainstream-appealing musk.

SCENT: The musk-driven muted lavender I got upon first spray immediately reminded me of Rehab. There's woody sweetness in the mid and dry down, but this is a musk-driven scent throughout the wearing. It's quite nice - and a bit of a change from the rest of MM's 'Replica' line up. It's also slightly sweeter though not as full-bodied or fully realized as Rehab.

LONGEVITY: Lasted just over 6 hours on my skin before becoming a barely perceptible skin scent.

SILLAGE: I got about 1.5 hours of solid projection. Surprisingly, I continued to catch pleasant whiffs of it for the next few hours afterwards.

BOTTLE: Relatively uninspired. Exactly like the other replica bottles but with a black label - like Flying.

VALUE FOR MONEY: Full retail is $220. Definitely not worth that, IMO. I recommend waiting for it to eventually turn up on discounters.
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Resins set the tone here, and the combination with increasingly prominent vanilla is unusual.
The closer to the base, the warmer it becomes.
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2 months ago
ironically mogging liquid brun in the althair dupe scene. it does smell a bit like rubber but in a good way
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Smoky artificial oud and leather combo, very oily. Pleasant but not something unusual
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At first resinous and rubbery, it then becomes woodier, sweeter, and more vanilla-like with animalic musk. Ideal one? I don't know...
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Beautiful laundry detergent vibes with a strong oud note. And old cigarettes. Challenging. You really have to want to wear it.
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Chemical accident in the industrial triangle between BASF & Dunlop. Disaster situation with emergency response potential. Yikes.
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I do like sweetness with a twist, but I smell soft plastic or ink, not animalic.
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No balance!
Very smoky wood + resin
create a burnt rubber vibe.
The vanilla sweetness makes it a bit more bearable! Still a flop!
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Clear 1 Million vibe, but more rugged and animalistic. Definitely masculine. Sillage is intense.
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3 months ago
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I'm desperately trying to remove the sweet gum from the hot rubber tire with detergent while smoking an old cigarette butt.
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