Amouage · 2016 · Nathalie Lorson & Élise Bénat

Lilac Love

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Powdery lilac and heliotrope with cocoa and tonka.

The drawn Lilac Love bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Lilac Love’s scent picture, a draft: lilac, heliotrope, peony, gardenia, iris, cacao drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Lilac Love, top notes: Lilac, Heliotrope, Peony, Gardenia, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Lilac Love, heart: Iris, Cacao, Tonka (coumarin), Eugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Lilac Love, dry-down: Sandalwood, Patchouli, Vanilla

What’s inside it

What the label names

14 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 & lavender6 florals1 sweet3 spices1 powder

3 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

OscarOscar de la Renta · shares heliotrope, gardenia, orris, sandalwood and 2 more$109 for 100 ml · about a quarter of Lilac Love’s $395
TrésorLancôme · shares lilac, heliotrope, orris, sandalwood and 1 more$164 for 100 ml · about a third of Lilac Love’s $395
LustreAmouage · shares orris, tonka, sandalwood, patchouli and 1 more$475 for 100 ml · about the same as Lilac Love’s $395
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.