Kilian Paris · 2007 · Calice Becker

Love, Don't Be Shy

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Kilian Paris asks $450 for 100 ml
30 ml$185
50 ml$295
100 ml$450
250 ml$1,150

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Sugary marshmallow and orange blossom over rose and juicy honeysuckle, resting on warm amber.

Kilian Paris says

You’ll smell neroli, rose, honeysuckle, marshmallow and Cistus Labdanum.

More from Kilian Paris’s description

It also mentions Tender orange blossom absolute, Warm amber, Juicy honeysuckle, Plush rose and Luscious marshmallow sugar accord.

The house’s page

The drawn Love, Don't Be Shy bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Love, Don't Be Shy’s scent picture, a draft: neroli, rose, honeysuckle, spun sugar, labdanum, amber drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Love, Don't Be Shy, top notes: Neroli

Heartas it settles

Love, Don't Be Shy, heart: Rose, Honeysuckle, Cinnamal (cinnamon)

Dry-downwhat stays

Love, Don't Be Shy, dry-down: Spun sugar, Labdanum, Amber

What’s inside it

What the label names

8 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.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals2 spices

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

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterBHT (keeps it fresh)Vitamin EPhenoxyethanol, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

Smells like it

For less

Hawas PinkRasasi · Some of its own wearers say it smells like Love, Don't Be Shyabout $48 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Love, Don't Be Shy’s $450

Shoppers call a cheaper stand-in a dupe.

What wearers say, set beside the price each house asks. Noses differ.

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Sweet AddictOakcha · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), rose, honeysuckle, marshmallow and 1 more$45 for 50 ml · about a fifth of Love, Don't Be Shy’s $450
TerraRayhaan · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), rose, marshmallow and cistusabout $41 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Love, Don't Be Shy’s $450
J'adore Parfum d'eauDior · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), rose and honeysuckle$185 for 100 ml · about a third of Love, Don't Be Shy’s $450
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.