Ingredients · Herbs & lavender · top note
Lavandin oil
Say itLAV-uhn-din oil
Sharper, more camphoraceous lavender; herbal, fresh, slightly woody.
- What it is
- Natural oil from steam-distilled flowering tops of the lavender hybrid.
- Where it comes from
- France (Provence), Spain
- When you smell it
- Top notes: when you spray it.
- What perfumers do with it
- Economical lavender body for fougères, soaps and detergents; the grosso variety is the workhorse.
- Worth knowing
- Most purple fields tourists photograph in Provence are lavandin, a sterile hybrid of true and spike lavender.
- Also called
- Lavandula × intermedia (grosso, abrial, super)
Named by the house, not on the label, in 20
Opus XVI TimberAmouage · “Lavandin”
Uomo Born in Roma IntenseValentino · “lavandin”
PhantomRabanne · “organic lavandin absolute”
CodeArmani · “Lavandin”
Grand SoirMaison Francis Kurkdjian · “lavandin”
9 PMAfnan · “Lavandin”
Uomo Born in Roma Coral FantasyValentino · “lavandin”
Born in Roma Uomo ExtradoseValentino · “lavandin heart”
KDolce & Gabbana · “lavandin”
Forever WantedAzzaro · “Lavandin Essence”
BuongiornoAcqua di Parma · “Lavandin Essence”
Guilty Essence Pour HommeGucci · “Lavandin”
Uomo Born in Roma Yellow DreamValentino · “Provence lavandin”
Uomo Born in Roma Purple MelancholiaValentino · “Lavandin”
1 Million Night ElixirRabanne · “Lavandin”
Polo 67Ralph Lauren · “lavandin heart”
PalatineParfums de Marly · “Lavandin”
Metal LavenderMatière Première · “Organic Lavandin Essence from Grasse”
Ralph's ClubRalph Lauren · “lavandin”
White in BlackLalique · “Lavandin”