Aesop · 2015 · Céline Barel

Tacit Truths

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Bright yuzu, green basil and clove over rosemary, mint and fennel, drying down to cedarwood, vetiver and amber.

Aesop says

You’ll smell yuzu, Basil Grand Vert, clove, rosemary, mint, fennel, cedarwood, Vetiver Heart and amber.

More from Aesop’s description

It also mentions Yuzu Accord, Vetiver, Basil and Citrus notes.

The house’s page

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Tacit Truths’s scent picture, a draft: yuzu, basil, clove, rosemary, mint, fennel drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Tacit Truths, top notes: Yuzu, Basil, Clove, Bergamot, Lemon, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Tacit Truths, heart: Rosemary, Mint, Fennel, Citronellol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Tacit Truths, dry-down: Cedar, Vetiver, Amber, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What the label names

24 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

7 citrus7 herbs & lavender3 florals3 woods1 sweet3 spices

2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

BuongiornoAcqua di Parma · shares basil, rosemary, mint and cedar (Atlas cedar)about $293 for 100 ml · about the same as Tacit Truths’s $360
OscarOscar de la Renta · shares basil, clove, rosemary and vetiver$109 for 100 ml · about a third of Tacit Truths’s $360
BottledHugo Boss · shares clove, cedar (Atlas cedar) and vetiver$130 for 100 ml · about a third of Tacit Truths’s $360
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.