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About these origins
Brand origin means the country where the house was founded. Made in refers to fragrance manufacturing, not the origin of every ingredient or the brand’s current headquarters.
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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Collection: REPLICA COLLECTION - REPRODUCTION OF FAMILIAR FANTASIES
The short answer
A scent, in focus.
Ideal One by Maison Martin Margiela has a listed woody, musky, citrus profile, with notes of elemi, Calabrian bergamot, Orange, Lavender, Orange Blossom.
Based on listed notes and accords.
Catalog snapshot · 2026-05-29. 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.
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01 / The scent profile
Understand what you smell.
These are the listed scent notes, not a complete ingredient formula. Note placement does not establish how long a fragrance lasts.
Inside the bottle.
Eau de parfum · US listing
Alcohol ● Parfum / fragrance ● Aqua / water / eau ● Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane ● Limonene ● Linalool ● Methyl anthranilate ● Citral ● Isoeugenol ● CI 15510 / orange 4 ● CI 14700 / red 4 ● CI 60730 / ext. violet 2
Source: Maison Margiela official US ingredient declaration · Checked 2026-09-22
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Performance / Community impressions
How it wears.
Longevity
3.74 / 5
69 votes
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category average, not hours
Projection
2.42 / 4
73 votes
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1 = intimate; higher = stronger
Value perception
2.38 / 5
71 votes
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1 = overpriced; 5 = great value
These are subjective reports, not controlled measurements.
135Own it
35Previously owned
801Want it
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03 / Keep exploring
Often compared with…
Explore these suggested comparisons. Similarity is subjective.
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Layering ideas to try.
Starting points from listed profiles, not community-tested pairings or compatibility scores.
Suggested experiment
Un Jardin Sur Le NilBoth list Musk and Orange. Explore Ideal One’s woody direction alongside Un Jardin Sur Le Nil’s citrus profile. Shared notes offer a starting point for an experiment; the combination has not been wear-tested.
Compare each fragrance alone, then try a small amount together on a blotter. Keep the combination you enjoy; no application order or ratio has been validated.
Suggested experiment
Black OpiumBoth list Orange Blossom and Vanilla. Explore Ideal One’s woody direction alongside Black Opium’s vanilla profile. Shared notes offer a starting point for an experiment; the combination has not been wear-tested.
Compare each fragrance alone, then try a small amount together on a blotter. Keep the combination you enjoy; no application order or ratio has been validated.
A little more clarity.
Before you tryWhat does Ideal One smell like?
Ideal One by Maison Martin Margiela has a listed woody, musky, citrus profile, with notes of elemi, Calabrian bergamot, Orange, Lavender, Orange Blossom.
Who created it?
The listed perfumer is Christophe Raynaud.
How long does it last?
The longevity rating is 3.74 out of 5, from 69 category votes. This is not a measurement in hours. A wear test is the best way to assess it for you.
Which notes define Ideal One?
Its listed notes include elemi, calabrian bergamot, orange, lavender, orange blossom, guaiac wood, musk, vanilla, styrax, oud, cypriol. These describe the scent rather than its full ingredient formula.
04 / Find your next bottle
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Ideal One
Maison Martin Margiela
Leading accords
woody
musky
citrus
powdery
vanilla
Relative prominence, not ingredient percentages.Listed notes · a selection
elemi · Calabrian bergamot · Orange · Lavender · Orange Blossom · Guaiac Wood
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