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The Perfume Bible / A closer look

Rive Gauche
meets Calandre.

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

Shared ground

Aldehydes · Green Notes · Bergamot · Rose · Lily-of-the-Valley · Geranium · Jasmine · Oakmoss · Musk · Sandalwood · Amber

Both records list these notes. Shared notes do not guarantee the same smell.

The distinction

Concentration not recorded leads with aldehydic; Eau de toilette leads with green. The table below separates their listed profiles and voting data.

At a glance
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche bottle
Yves Saint Laurent

Rive Gauche

Concentration not recorded

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Rabanne Calandre bottle
Rabanne

Calandre

Eau de toilette

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ConcentrationConcentration not recordedEau de toilette
Listed bottle sizesNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Brand originFranceFrance
Made inNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Listed year19711969
Leading accordsaldehydic · white floral · woodygreen · aldehydic · fresh
Notes unique to this recordHoneysuckle, Peach, Lemon, Iris, Ylang-Ylang, Magnolia, Gardenia, Tahitian Vetiver, Tonka BeanOrris Root, Hyacinth, Vetiver
Longevity / 53.66 · 1,109 votes3.38 · 453 votes
Projection / 42.64 · 1,264 votes2.43 · 546 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.

Rive Gauche

Ingredient list not yet verified for this edition and market.

Calandre

Eau de toilette · US listing · 100 mL bottle

Alcohol denat., Aqua (water), Parfum (fragrance), Hydroxycitronellal, Hexyl cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool, Alpha-isomethyl ionone, Citronellol, Geraniol, Coumarin, Cinnamyl alcohol, Citral, Benzyl benzoate, Benzyl salicylate, Farnesol.

Source: Rabanne official US ingredient declaration · Checked 2026-09-22

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 aldehydic and white floral direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.

Eau de toilette

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