Initio · 2017

Psychedelic Love

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Initio asks $420 for 90 ml
90 ml$420

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

A powdery rose with myrrh, almond-like heliotropin and vanilla.

Initio says

You’ll smell bergamot, rose, myrrh, vanilla, patchouli, heliotropin and Hedione.

The house’s page

The drawn Psychedelic Love bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Psychedelic Love’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, rose, myrrh, vanilla (vanillin), patchouli, heliotropin (heliotrope) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Psychedelic Love, top notes: Bergamot, Lemon, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Psychedelic Love, heart: Rose, Hedione (jasmine), Ylang-ylang, Isoeugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Psychedelic Love, dry-down: Myrrh, Vanilla (vanillin), Patchouli, Heliotropin (heliotrope), Virginia cedar, Peru balsam, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Initio names

BergamotRoseMyrrhVanillaPatchouliHeliotropin (heliotrope)Hedione (jasmine)

What the label names

30 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.

6 citrus4 herbs & lavender9 florals3 woods2 sweet2 amber & resins4 spices

Citrus6

LimoneneLemon oilBitter orange oilBergamot oilCitralTerpinolene

Herbs & lavender4

PineneLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals9

Ylang-ylang oilRose oilBenzyl salicylateCinnamyl alcoholGeranyl acetateFarnesolGeraniol (rose)CitronellolMethyl salicylate

Woods3

Patchouli oilCedarwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Amber & resins2

Peru balsam oilBenzyl cinnamate

Spices4

beta-CaryophylleneEugenolIsoeugenyl acetateIsoeugenol (clove)
6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBHT (keeps it fresh)Benzoic acidBenzyl alcohol

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

OscarOscar de la Renta · shares bergamot, rose, myrrh, vanilla and 3 more$109 for 100 ml · about a quarter of Psychedelic Love’s $420
HawaSwiss Arabian · shares bergamot, rose, myrrh, vanilla and 2 more$68 for 50 ml · about a quarter of Psychedelic Love’s $420
Velvet OrchidTom Ford · shares bergamot, rose, myrrh, vanilla and 2 more$240 for 100 ml · about half of Psychedelic Love’s $420
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.