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Delight in Despair

Concentration not recorded

Warm spicy · Iris · Lactonic.

4.71 / 5Rating · 21 votes
Sizes offeredNot yet verified
Brand originFrance ↗
Made inNot yet verified
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Brand origin: Maison Margiela / About · Checked 2026-09-21
The house explicitly states that it was founded in Paris in 1988. The catalog retains its earlier Maison Martin Margiela name.

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Year2026
Marketed forUnisex
PerfumerNisrine Bouazzaoui Grillié

Collection: Scentsorium

The short answer

A scent, in focus.

Delight in Despair by Maison Martin Margiela has a listed warm spicy, iris, lactonic profile, with notes of Saffron, Milk, Iris, Patchouli, Cedarwood.

Based on listed notes and accords.

Catalog snapshot · 2026-05-30. Ratings and votes come from the source dataset, not Parfum Bible users or live measurements. This entry has not yet received an individual editorial review.

The bottle / Formats

Sizes offered

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01 / The scent profile

Understand what you smell.

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Top notes

Saffron ↗Milk ↗
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Heart notes

Iris ↗Patchouli ↗Cedarwood ↗
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Base notes

Oud ↗

These are the listed scent notes, not a complete ingredient formula. Note placement does not establish how long a fragrance lasts.

The label / Ingredients

Inside the bottle.

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

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Performance / Community impressions

How it wears.

Longevity

4.73 / 5

11 votes

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3.64 / 4

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Value perception

3.18 / 5

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Suggested experiment
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Both list Cedarwood and Patchouli. Explore Delight in Despair’s warm spicy direction alongside Aventus’s fruity profile. Shared notes offer a starting point for an experiment; the combination has not been wear-tested.

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Before you try
What does Delight in Despair smell like?

Delight in Despair by Maison Martin Margiela has a listed warm spicy, iris, lactonic profile, with notes of Saffron, Milk, Iris, Patchouli, Cedarwood.

Who created it?

The listed perfumer is Nisrine Bouazzaoui Grillié.

How long does it last?

The longevity rating is 4.73 out of 5, from 11 category votes. This is not a measurement in hours. A wear test is the best way to assess it for you.

Which notes define Delight in Despair?

Its listed notes include saffron, milk, iris, patchouli, cedarwood, oud. These describe the scent rather than its full ingredient formula.

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Delight in Despair

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Maison Martin Margiela Delight in Despair bottle
Leading accords
warm spicy
iris
lactonic
oud
woody
Relative prominence, not ingredient percentages.
Listed notes · a selection

Saffron · Milk · Iris · Patchouli · Cedarwood · Oud

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