Liberty London (LBTY.) · 2023 · Hamid Merati-Kashani

Adelphi Sun

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Liberty London (LBTY.) asks $330 for 100 ml
100 ml$330

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Grapefruit and cardamom with fresh green fern over honeyed jasmine, linden and narcissus, drying to sandalwood and boxwood.

Liberty London (LBTY.) says

You’ll smell grapefruit, cardamom, Golden Fern, jasmine, linden, narcissus, sandalwood, boxwood and Ambrox.

More from Liberty London (LBTY.)’s description

It also mentions Fresh green notes, Radiant citrus, Honeyed floral nectar, Fresh grass, Dewy greens and Juicy citrus peel.

The house’s page

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The drawn Adelphi Sun bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Adelphi Sun’s scent picture, a draft: grapefruit, cardamom, fern, jasmine, linden, narcissus drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Adelphi Sun, when you spray it: Grapefruit, Cardamom, Fern, Sweet orange

As it settlesheart notes

Adelphi Sun, as it settles: Jasmine, Linden, Narcissus, Ylang-ylang

What staysdry-down notes

Adelphi Sun, what stays: Sandalwood, Woody notes, Cetalox (ambergris), Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Galaxolide (musk)

What’s inside it

What Liberty London (LBTY.) names

GrapefruitCardamomGolden FernJasmineLindenNarcissusSandalwoodBoxwoodAmbrox (ambergris)Radiant citrusFresh grassJuicy citrus peel

What the label names

20 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.

4 citrus5 herbs & lavender4 florals4 woods2 spices1 musks

Citrus4

LimoneneBitter orange oilCitralTerpinolene

Herbs & lavender5

PineneCarvoneLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals4

Ylang-ylang oilCinnamyl alcoholFarnesolGeranyl acetate

Woods4

Cedarwood oilSantalolSandalwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

Spices2

beta-CaryophylleneEugenol

Musks1

Galaxolide (musk)
4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterCitric acid, not in Ingredients yetTetrahydroxypropyl ethylenediamine, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

TiliaMarc-Antoine Barrois · shares jasmine, linden and ambergris$200 for 100 ml
VersenseVersace · shares cardamom, jasmine, narcissus and sandalwood
The One for MenDolce & Gabbana · shares grapefruit, cardamom, sandalwood and ambergris$112 for 100 ml · about a third of Adelphi Sun’s $330
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Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares grapefruit, cardamom, jasmine and sandalwood$19.05 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Adelphi Sun’s $330
AshoreAmouage · shares cardamom, jasmine, sandalwood and ambergris$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Adelphi Sun’s $330
CentaurusCreed · shares cardamom, jasmine, sandalwood and ambergris$560 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.