Tom Ford · 2010

Azure Lime

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Tom Ford asks $300 for 50 ml
50 ml$300

VersionEau de Parfum

Zesty lime and green, herbal buchu over soft musk and creamy Australian sandalwood.

Tom Ford says

You’ll smell Lime Water Infusion, South African Buchu and Australian Sandalwood.

More from Tom Ford’s description

It also mentions Lime water infusion accord, Green aromatics, Sensual sandalwood, Citrus notes, Sophisticated florals, Warm woods and Sensual musk.

The house’s page

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The drawn Azure Lime bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Azure Lime’s scent picture, a draft: lime, buchu, sandalwood, sensual musk, lemon, bergamot drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Azure Lime, when you spray it: Lime, Buchu, Lemon, Bergamot, Sweet orange, Lavender, Bitter orange, Mint, Anethole (anise)

As it settlesheart notes

Azure Lime, as it settles: Jasmine

What staysdry-down notes

Azure Lime, what stays: Sandalwood, Sensual musk, Patchouli, Coumarin (new-mown hay), Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

What’s inside it

What Tom Ford names

Lime Water InfusionSouth African BuchuAustralian SandalwoodGreen aromaticsSensual sandalwoodSophisticated floralsWarm woodsSensual musk

What the label names

34 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.

7 citrus8 herbs & lavender9 florals4 woods1 sweet3 spices1 musks1 powder

Citrus7

LimoneneLemon oilBergamot oilBitter orange oilCitralTerpinolenealpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender8

PineneLavender oilSpearmint oilCamphorLinalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineolCarvone

Florals9

Neroli oilJasmineHydroxycitronellalGeraniol (rose)FarnesolCitronellolGeranyl acetateAmyl salicylateRose ketones

Woods4

Patchouli oilSantalolIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)Vertofix

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices3

Eugenolbeta-CaryophylleneAnethole (anise)

Musks1

Galaxolide (musk)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcohol

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Bal d'AfriqueByredo · shares buchu and cashmere knit$330 for 100 ml · about half of Azure Lime’s $300
Vintage BloomJessica Simpson · shares lime, sandalwood and cashmere knit
Club de Nuit SillageArmaf · shares lime, sandalwood and cashmere knit$50 for 105 ml · about a tenth of Azure Lime’s $300
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360° Red for MenPerry Ellis · shares lime, sandalwood and cashmere knit
Lyric ManAmouage · shares lime, sandalwood and cashmere knit$395 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.