One of the most passionately mourned discontinued men's fragrances of the 2000s — now available as a rare collector's lot of four bottles. This listing is for four Viktor & Rolf Antidote Eau de Toilette bottles, each 2.5 oz / 75 ml, at varying fill levels as described below, accompanied by one spray cap that can be transferred between all four bottles. This is an outstanding opportunity for the devoted Antidote collector to secure multiple bottles of a fragrance that now commands serious secondary market prices and grows scarcer with every passing year.
What is Included
- 4 x Viktor & Rolf Antidote EDT — 2.5 oz / 75 ml bottles
- 1 x Spray cap — transferable between all four bottles
- Fill levels vary per bottle — please see individual fill descriptions below
Please Note: Only one spray cap is included in this lot. The cap fits all four bottles and can be transferred freely between them. Buyers who wish to display or use multiple bottles simultaneously may wish to source additional spray caps separately. All four bottles contain authentic, genuine Viktor & Rolf Antidote EDT. The juice in all bottles remains intact and correctly scented.
Launched in 2006 as the Dutch design duo's first fragrance for men — conceived as the direct masculine counterpart to the global phenomenon Flowerbomb — Viktor & Rolf Antidote was described by its creators as a magical elixir that turns all that is negative into positive, a cure where Flowerbomb was a detonation. Created by perfumers Aliénor Massenet and Pierre Wargnye, it won the prestigious FiFi Award in 2007 as Best Male Niche Fragrance — a recognition entirely deserved for a fragrance of this complexity and character. Now discontinued and commanding secondary market prices that reflect its extraordinary collector demand, full bottles in this condition are a genuinely significant find.
The bottle itself — designed by the legendary Fabien Baron — is one of the most striking fragrance presentations of its decade: a square bevelled glass flacon in deep emerald green, cloaked in a metal plaque and sealed with a distinctive black wax-effect cap that seems, as one reviewer famously described it, "about to reach meltdown." It is as collectable as an object as the fragrance within is as a scent.
Antidote opens with a vivid, refreshing burst of Guatemalan cardamom, mint, grapefruit, bergamot, and mandarin orange — simultaneously citrus-fresh and spiced, the mint adding a bracing, slightly medicinal sharpness that elevates the citrus opening well above convention. The heart is where Antidote reveals its full and extraordinary ambition: a lush, multi-layered spiced floral accord of lavender, sambac jasmine, cinnamon, orange blossom, African geranium, nutmeg, freesia, and violet — deeply complex, slightly sweet, and possessed of a construction that reviewers consistently liken to a bespoke suit — multi-faceted, precisely fitted, and of the highest quality. The fragrance settles into a rich, warm, and deeply satisfying oriental woody base of sandalwood, Indonesian patchouli, vanilla, Texan white cedar, guaiacum wood, amber, caramel, incense, white musk, and tonka bean — smooth, slightly powdery, and extraordinarily long-lasting, leaving a warm, golden trail that earned Antidote its devoted following and continues to earn it long after its discontinuation.
Fragrance Profile
- Top Notes: Guatemalan Cardamom, Mint, Grapefruit, Bergamot, Mandarin Orange
- Heart Notes: Lavender, Sambac Jasmine, Cinnamon, Orange Blossom, African Geranium, Nutmeg, Freesia, Violet
- Base Notes: Sandalwood, Indonesian Patchouli, Vanilla, White Cedar, Guaiacum Wood, Amber, Caramel, Incense, White Musk, Tonka Bean
Antidote is, as fragrance writers and collectors consistently describe it, the fragrance that occupies a Goldilocks space all its own — bridging classic barbershop fougere tradition, new-age freshness, and of-its-moment oriental sweetness in a way that sounds improbable on paper and feels completely inevitable on skin. It earns its name: complex without being chaotic, sweet without being cloying, masculine without being blunt. A fragrance that consistently drew compliments in its heyday and earns devotion from every collector fortunate enough to encounter a bottle today.
Product Details
- Brand: Viktor & Rolf
- Fragrance: Antidote
- Type: Eau de Toilette (EDT)
- Size: 2.5 oz / 75 ml — Lot of 4 Bottles
- Spray Cap: 1 included — transferable between all bottles
- Gender: Men's
- Fragrance Family: Oriental Woody / Aromatic Fougere
- Occasion: Evening, Date Night, Fall & Winter, Casual & Formal
- Year Launched: 2006
- Perfumers: Aliénor Massenet & Pierre Wargnye
- Bottle Design: Fabien Baron
- Award: FiFi Award 2007 — Best Male Niche Fragrance
- Status: Discontinued / Ultra Rare Collector's Item
An outstanding and genuinely rare lot for Viktor & Rolf collectors, oriental woody fragrance devotees, and men who know that the greatest discontinued fragrances are worth acquiring in multiples while the opportunity still exists.