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The Art of Contrast

Cannabis Patchouli Dries Van Noten 2022

6.9 / 10 73 Ratings

A perfume by Dries Van Noten for women and men, released in 2022. The scent is green-woody. It is being marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Green

Woody

Spicy

Earthy

Citrus

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bergamot

Cedar leaf

Heart Notes

Patchouli

Cannabis

Clary sage

Base Notes

Haitian vetiver Musk

Musk

Perfumer

Nicolas Bonneville

Ratings

Scent

6.973 Ratings

Longevity

7.553 Ratings

Sillage

7.054 Ratings

Bottle

8.764 Ratings

Value for money

5.743 Ratings

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

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The fragrance is part of the The Art of Contrast collection.

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Reviews

7 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/27/2024

4Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Byrehoe
212 Reviews

Byrehoe

4

hotboxing in a BMW

The most masculine of the DvN family. A solid-bodied dry, mossy musk with vetiver in spades. There’s cannabis in the mix, especially on first waft, but it soon matures from burning leaf into smooth hemp oil. However, hours later, is stays * just * weedy enough that if I came home smelling like this in high school, I’d have some explaining to do. It’s not offensive, but was probably the DvN scent that jived with me the least.

Longevity: I couldn’t handle any more than 4 hours, though I’m sure it lasts for much longer

Mental Snapshot: You’re a businessman that hotboxed in his BMW three hours prior. When Cecil from accounting asks what you’re wearing you say it’s patchouli. (Cecil wouldn’t know a patchouli if it bit him on the ass). Kurt from marketing knows, though. He gave you an appreciative nod in the elevator.

Tl;dr: four-hundred and twenty, blasé it.

01/29/2026

6Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

milou93
1 Review

milou93

1

Calming, dusty/woody green

I've seen some people say they don't get the cannabis at all, I definitely do. It's only really there for the first 15 minutes though, after that it's mostly heavy on the sage on me. I hardly get any of the bergamot, weirdly.

It's nice and herbal in a quite calming way. It's too masculine for me to wear personally, but I would like this on a man. I think I'll use what's left of the sample to spray my pillow with, this feels like a nice bedtime scent to me due to how calming it is.

02/05/2026

5Scent 6Longevity 5Sillage

eclare
9 Reviews

eclare

1

Fantastic Opening, Straight Patchouli Dry Down

I had low expectations after reading lots of negative reviews, but the opening was gorgeous and very enjoyable! Very bright citrus opening, herbal green bud. Very similar to Oro Verde from HOB which had me excited! My husband has a FB of Oro Verde and it smells so sexy on him. BUT THEN… the dry down is just a linear patchouli, ehhh. You lost the plot Dries

01/23/2026

6Scent 7Longevity 4Sillage

Sandalocloud
178 Reviews

Sandalocloud

Dusty woody greens

The name could be scary and alienating for many because we know how potent and polarizing these notes can be. Though the fragrance does open up very organically green like cannabis, and not at all skunky or sour, it settles down into a very dusty green perfume. You can only imagine what a dusty vetiver and cedar would do. It has that tingling effervescence feeling of cannabis, but it then becomes the classic aromatic male fragrance. It’s not bad whatsoever and I think that it would be a pretty nice addition to somebody with a male leaning collection that does not plan to expand into every single popular male fragrance because Cannabis patchouli can already serve as your woody and electrifying winter scent.

10/27/2022

7Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

GratWanderer
228 Reviews

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GratWanderer

1

Very dark green patchouli scent with a hint of cannabis as decoration

Green-herbaceous opening, not surprising given the name, though it really starts more in the herb garden than with that well-known sweet cannabis note. Lots of sage, a lot of cedar brush, bergamot only subtly and more just the peel, to give a little green-citrusy lightness, but it ends up leaning more towards resinous associations.

After 15-20 minutes, the spicy-dry patchouli becomes quite strong and pushes itself into the spotlight, cannabis forms around it like tendrils, rather naturally fresh, in the middle of a field, not the sweet result after burning.

For a long time, not much changes, occasionally sage and patchouli switch a bit, then back again, then after 40-60 minutes a very dry, dark vetiver joins in.

Only in the late dry down, 3, 4 hours later, do we have the rather classic, light-fresh vetiver-musk combo as the last remnants.

The DvN seem to be real divisive scents, looking through the reviews of almost all of them, everything is included. I find this one quite okay, a nice green-herbaceous scent, just don't expect that sweet cannabis note, it offers more cannabis fields in dense underbrush.

[tested on skin]

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