Stéphane Humbert Lucas · Stéphane Humbert Lucas

Alone in Babylon

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Stéphane Humbert Lucas asks $285 for 50 ml
50 ml$285

VersionEau de Parfum

Tuberose and plantain banana with a lacquered nail-polish edge, over Mysore sandalwood and castoreum, melting into burnished vanilla and tonka.

Stéphane Humbert Lucas says

You’ll smell tuberose, Plantain Banana, Nail Polish Accord, Petrol Accord, castoreum, floralozone, sandalwood (santal de mysore), vanilla, Tonka Bean, leather and musk.

More from Stéphane Humbert Lucas’s description

It also mentions Tuberose, Mysore sandalwood and Burnished vanilla.

The house’s page

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The drawn Alone in Babylon bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Alone in Babylon’s scent picture, a draft: banana, castoreum, marine notes, vanilla (vanillin), tonka (coumarin), leather drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Alone in Babylon, when you spray it: Tuberos, Banana, Nail polish accord, Petrol accord, Limonene (orange peel)

As it settlesheart notes

Alone in Babylon, as it settles: Castoreum, Marine notes, Santal de mysore, Ylang-ylang, Rose

What staysdry-down notes

Alone in Babylon, what stays: Vanilla (vanillin), Tonka (coumarin), Leather, Musk, Tuberose, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

What’s inside it

What Stéphane Humbert Lucas names

TuberosePlantain BananaCastoreumFloralozoneSandalwood (santal de mysore)VanillaTonka BeanLeatherMusk

What the label names

24 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 citrus4 herbs & lavender9 florals4 woods3 sweet2 spices

Citrus2

Limonene (orange peel)Citral

Herbs & lavender4

PineneLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals9

Ylang-ylang oilRose oilCitronellolGeraniol (rose)Benzyl salicylateMethyl salicylateGeranyl acetateRose ketonesFarnesol

Woods4

Patchouli oilSandalwood oilSantalolIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

Sweet3

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)Benzaldehyde

Spices2

Eugenolbeta-Caryophyllene
4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoatePentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

OscarOscar de la Renta · shares castoreum, vanilla, cashmere knit, tuberose and 1 more$109 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Alone in Babylon’s $285
HalloweenHalloween · shares banana, vanilla, tuberose and sandalwood
ShadidTauer Perfumes · shares castoreum, vanilla, leather, cashmere knit and 1 moreabout $248 for 50 ml · about the same as Alone in Babylon’s $285
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Beloved WomanAmouage · shares castoreum, vanilla, leather, cashmere knit and 1 more
Epic ManAmouage · shares castoreum, leather, cashmere knit and sandalwood$395 for 100 ml
PassionElizabeth Taylor · shares vanilla, leather, cashmere knit, tuberose and 1 more
MarfaMemo Paris · shares vanilla, tonka, cashmere knit, tuberose and 1 more$350 for 75 ml · about the same as Alone in Babylon’s $285
Vanilla 01Swiss Arabian · shares vanilla, tonka, cashmere knit, tuberose and 1 more$68 for 50 ml · about a quarter of Alone in Babylon’s $285
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Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · shares tonka, cashmere knit, tuberose and sandalwood$250 for 100 ml · about half of Alone in Babylon’s $285
Interlude WomanAmouage · shares vanilla, tonka, leather, cashmere knit and 1 more
Tubéreuse AstraleMaison Crivelli · shares vanilla, leather, cashmere knit and tuberoseabout $440 for 100 ml
For Her Musc Noir RoseNarciso Rodriguez · shares vanilla, leather, cashmere knit and tuberose
Qimmah for WomenLattafa · shares vanilla, tonka, tuberose and sandalwoodabout $22 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Alone in Babylon’s $285
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BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares vanilla, tonka, tuberose and sandalwood$115 for 75 ml · about a quarter of Alone in Babylon’s $285
Rolling in LoveKilian Paris · shares vanilla, tonka, cashmere knit and tuberose$295 for 50 ml · about the same as Alone in Babylon’s $285
Sharaf BlendZimaya · shares vanilla, tonka, cashmere knit and tuberoseabout $41 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Alone in Babylon’s $285
Le ParfumMax Mara · shares vanilla, cashmere knit, tuberose and sandalwood$180 for 100 ml · about a third of Alone in Babylon’s $285
Pêche VeloursMaison Mataha · shares vanilla, cashmere knit, tuberose and sandalwood$190 for 100 ml · about a third of Alone in Babylon’s $285
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Bathing in a DaydreamEmil Élise · shares vanilla, cashmere knit, tuberose and sandalwoodabout $174 for 100 ml · about a third of Alone in Babylon’s $285
CuriousBritney Spears · shares vanilla, cashmere knit, tuberose and sandalwood
Mmmm...Juliette Has a Gun · shares vanilla, cashmere knit, tuberose and sandalwoodabout $163 for 100 ml · about a quarter of Alone in Babylon’s $285
Eau d'Ombré LeatherTom Ford · shares vanilla, tonka, leather and sandalwood$200 for 100 ml · about a third of Alone in Babylon’s $285
Hypnotic AmberXeena · shares vanilla, tonka, leather and sandalwood
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Oud CadenzaMaison Crivelli · shares vanilla, tonka, leather and cashmere knitabout $465 for 100 ml · about the same as Alone in Babylon’s $285
TangoMasque Milano · shares vanilla, tonka, leather and cashmere knit
Ambassador IntenseGisada · shares vanilla, tonka, leather and cashmere knit$135 for 100 ml · about a quarter of Alone in Babylon’s $285
Isola BluRoja Parfums · shares vanilla, tonka, leather and cashmere knit$500 for 50 ml · about twice Alone in Babylon’s $285
Myrrhe MystèreTom Ford · shares vanilla, leather, cashmere knit and sandalwood$460 for 100 ml · about the same as Alone in Babylon’s $285
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Tony Iommi Monkey SpecialXerjoff · shares vanilla, leather, cashmere knit and sandalwood$370 for 100 ml
Memoir ManAmouage · shares vanilla, leather, cashmere knit and sandalwood$395 for 100 ml
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