Ex Nihilo · Jordi Fernández

Blue Talisman

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseUnisex

Juicy pear and bergamot over orange blossom and jasmine sambac, settling onto creamy sandalwood, vanilla, musk and ambery woods.

Ex Nihilo says

You’ll smell pear, bergamot, Orange Blossom, jasmine, sandalwood, vanilla, musks, Ambrofix and ambery woods.

More from Ex Nihilo’s description

It also mentions Jasmine Sambac.

The house’s page

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Blue Talisman’s scent picture, a draft: pear, bergamot, orange blossom, jasmine, sandalwood, vanilla (vanillin) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Blue Talisman, top notes: Pear, Bergamot

Heartas it settles

Blue Talisman, heart: Orange blossom, Jasmine, Isoeugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Blue Talisman, dry-down: Sandalwood, Vanilla (vanillin), Musks, Ambrofix (ambergris), Ambery woods, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

What’s inside it

What the label names

22 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.

5 citrus4 herbs & lavender5 florals3 woods1 sweet4 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

CuriousBritney Spears · shares pear, bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine and 3 more
Basic UnionOakcha · shares pear, bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine and 2 more$39.95 for 50 ml · about a fifth of Blue Talisman’s $490
BambooGucci · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine, sandalwood and 2 more$138 for 75 ml · about a third of Blue Talisman’s $490
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.