Ex Nihilo · Louise Turner

Lust in Paradise

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseUnisex

Juicy lychee and spicy pink pepper over rose and white peony, resting on clean musk, pale cedar and ambergris-like woods.

Ex Nihilo says

You’ll smell Pink Pepper, rosyfolia, petalia, Rose Absolute, musk, White Cedarwood and Ambrofix.

More from Ex Nihilo’s description

It also mentions White Peony, Lychee and Cedarwood.

The house’s page

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When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Lust in Paradise’s scent picture, a draft: pink pepper, rose, musk, cedar, ambrofix (ambergris), peony drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Lust in Paradise, when you spray it: Pink pepper, Rosyfolia

As it settlesheart notes

Lust in Paradise, as it settles: Rose, Peony, Lychee

What staysdry-down notes

Lust in Paradise, what stays: Musk, Cedar, Ambrofix (ambergris)

What’s inside it

What the label names

6 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.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals1 spices

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

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Power SelfInitio · shares pink pepper, rose, cashmere knit, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 1 more$430 for 90 ml · about the same as Lust in Paradise’s $385
Lust in ParadiseEx Nihilo · shares pink pepper, rose, cashmere knit, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 1 more$490 for 100 ml
Rose 01Swiss Arabian · shares pink pepper, rose, cashmere knit, peony and 1 more$68 for 50 ml · about a third of Lust in Paradise’s $385
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.