Marc-Antoine Barrois · 2024 · Quentin Bisch

Tilia

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Honeyed linden blossom and apricot-like broom with jasmine sambac, over powdery heliotrope, smoky vetiver and salty ambergris-like woods.

Marc-Antoine Barrois says

You’ll smell Linden Blossom, broom, Jasmine Sambac, vetiver, heliotrope, Georgywood and Ambroxan.

More from Marc-Antoine Barrois’s description

It also mentions Linden (tilleul), Scotch broom (genet), Jasmine, Vétiver, Héliotrope, Notes de cèdre, Honey and White flowers.

The house’s page

The drawn Tilia bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Tilia’s scent picture, a draft: linden, scotch broom, jasmine, vetiver, heliotrope, woody notes drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Heartas it settles

Tilia, heart: Linden, Jasmine, Heliotrope, Isoeugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Tilia, dry-down: Scotch broom, Vetiver, Woody notes, Ambroxan (ambergris), Honey, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

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 herbs & lavender2 florals1 woods2 spices

4 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 scotch broom, jasmine, vetiver and heliotrope$109 for 100 ml · about half of Tilia’s $200
Summer MinkBetter World Fragrance House · shares jasmine, vetiver and ambergris$152 for 100 ml
L'Air du Désert MarocainTauer Perfumes · shares jasmine, vetiver and ambergrisabout $141 for 50 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.