Tom Ford · 2018

Lost Cherry

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Tom Ford asks $630 for 100 ml
30 ml$265
50 ml$405
100 ml$630

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Syrupy black cherry liqueur and bitter almond over Turkish rose and jasmine, drying to roasted tonka, sweet balsam and woods.

Tom Ford says

You’ll smell Black Cherry Accord, Bitter Almond, cherry (griotte sirup scenttrek), Rose Absolute Orpur, Peru Balsam and Roasted Tonka Orpur.

More from Tom Ford’s description

It also mentions Black cherry, Cherry liqueur accords, Rose, Jasmine sambac, Sandalwood, Vetiver, Cedarwood, ROSE ABSOLUTE, Cherry liqueur, Cherry (griotte syrup), Turkish rose, Roasted tonka and Cedar.

The house’s page

The drawn Lost Cherry bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Lost Cherry’s scent picture, a draft: cherry, almond, rose, peru balsam, tonka (coumarin), jasmine drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Lost Cherry, top notes: Almond

Heartas it settles

Lost Cherry, heart: Cherry, Rose, Jasmine, Isoeugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Lost Cherry, dry-down: Peru balsam, Tonka (coumarin), Sandalwood, Vetiver, Cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Tom Ford names

Black Cherry AccordBitter AlmondRose Absolute OrpurPeru BalsamRoasted Tonka OrpurJasmine sambacSandalwoodVetiverCedarwoodROSE ABSOLUTE

What the label names

15 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 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals2 woods3 sweet2 amber & resins2 spices1 powder

Citrus1

Citral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

Rose oilRose ketonesCitronellol

Woods2

Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)Ebanol

Sweet3

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

Amber & resins2

Peru balsam oilBenzyl cinnamate

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol (clove)

Powder1

Anise alcohol
4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Blossom LoveAmouage · shares cherry, almond, rose, tonka and 1 more$395 for 100 ml
EnceladeMarc-Antoine Barrois · shares almond, tonka, sandalwood, vetiver and 1 moreabout $224 for 100 ml · about a third of Lost Cherry’s $630
HalfetiPenhaligon's · shares rose, tonka, jasmine, sandalwood and 1 more$330 for 100 ml · about half of Lost Cherry’s $630
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.