Sorce · Caitlin Hayes

English Major

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Sorce asks $175 for 100 ml
30 ml$76
50 ml$105
100 ml$175

VersionExtrait de Parfum

Powdery orris and carrot seed with sweet marshmallow and vanilla, drying to sandalwood, old library books and fallen leaves.

Sorce says

You’ll smell library books, iris (orris absolute), marshmallow, decalepis hamiltonii absolute, carrot seed, sandalwood and fallen leaves.

More from Sorce’s description

It also mentions Iris (orris), Decalepis hamiltonii absolute and Vanilla extract.

The house’s page

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The drawn English Major bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

English Major’s scent picture, a draft: library books, iris, spun sugar, carrot, sandalwood, fallen leaves drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

English Major, when you spray it: Limonene (in carrot)

As it settlesheart notes

English Major, as it settles: Library books, Decalepis hamiltonii absolute, Carrot, Fallen leaves

What staysdry-down notes

English Major, what stays: Iris, Spun sugar, Sandalwood, Vanilla (vanillin), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Sorce names

Library booksIris (orris absolute)MarshmallowDecalepis hamiltonii absoluteCarrot seedSandalwoodFallen leavesIris (orris)Vanilla extract

What the label names

3 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 citrus2 sweet

Citrus1

Limonene

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)
2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

AlcoholVitamin E

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

MeanderAmouage · shares orris, carrot and sandalwood$395 for 100 ml · about twice English Major’s $175
Lost AliceMasque Milano · shares orris, carrot and sandalwood
Heaven Can WaitFrédéric Malle · shares orris, carrot and vanilla$410 for 100 ml · about twice English Major’s $175
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Mmmm...Juliette Has a Gun · shares orris, marshmallow, sandalwood and vanillaabout $163 for 100 ml · about the same as English Major’s $175
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.