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Delight in Despair
meets Dior Homme Intense 2025.

Compare the recorded scent profiles, then decide what to sample.

Shared ground

Different note lists

The records do not list any identical notes. They may still share accords.

The distinction

Concentration not recorded leads with warm spicy; Concentration not recorded leads with iris. The table below separates their listed profiles and voting data.

At a glance
Maison Martin Margiela Delight in Despair bottle
Maison Martin Margiela

Delight in Despair

Concentration not recorded

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Dior Dior Homme Intense 2025 bottle
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Dior Homme Intense 2025

Concentration not recorded

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ConcentrationConcentration not recordedConcentration not recorded
Listed bottle sizesNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Brand originFranceFrance
Made inNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Listed year20262025
Leading accordswarm spicy · iris · lactoniciris · woody · powdery
Notes unique to this recordSaffron, Milk, Iris, Patchouli, Cedarwood, OudTuscan Iris, Ambrette, Virginia Cedar
Longevity / 54.73 · 11 votes3.35 · 1,116 votes
Projection / 43.64 · 11 votes2.18 · 1,107 votes

Scores are category averages, not hours or controlled measurements. Different vote samples are not a head-to-head wear test. “Unique” notes here means absent from the other record, not proof of a formula difference.

Compare the labels

Ingredients, side by side.

Read the declared lists for the editions shown. Shared entries do not mean identical formulas, proportions or scent.

A label comparison will appear when both ingredient lists are verified for the same market.

Delight in Despair

Parfum · UK listing

Alcohol ● Parfum / fragrance ● Aqua / water / eau ● Pogostemon cablin oil ● Alpha-isomethyl ionone ● Tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes ● Hexadecanolactone ● Juniperus virginiana oil ● Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane ● Linalool ● Eugenyl acetate ● Eugenol ● Vanillin ● Beta-caryophyllene ● Coumarin ● Pinene ● Benzaldehyde ● Isoeugenyl acetate ● Isoeugenol ● Carvone ● Limonene ● Eugenia caryophyllus oil ● Terpineol ● Rose ketones ● Citral ● Geranyl acetate ● Terpinolene ● Geraniol ● Alpha-terpinene ● Camphor ● Linalyl acetate ● Benzyl benzoate ● Benzyl cinnamate ● CI 19140 / yellow 5 ● CI 14700 / red 4 ● CI 60730 / ext. violet 2

Source: Maison Margiela official UK ingredient declaration · Checked 2026-09-22

Dior Homme Intense 2025

Ingredient list not yet verified for this edition and market.

These are published ingredient declarations, separate from scent notes. “Parfum” or “fragrance” can represent a mixture without listing every component. Formulations can change by market and batch; check the packaging on your bottle. A matching or missing entry does not establish suitability for an allergy.

Follow your curiosity.

A starting point, not a verdict

Concentration not recorded

Start here if the listed warm spicy and iris direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.

Concentration not recorded

Start here if the listed iris and woody direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.