Byredo · 2009

Blanche

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Peppery white rose with crisp aldehydes over violet, neroli and peony, drying to blonde woods, sandalwood and soft musk.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell White Rose, Pink Pepper, aldehyde, violet, neroli, peony, Blonde Woods, sandalwood and musk.

More from Byredo’s description

It also mentions Aldehydes.

The shop’s page

The drawn Blanche bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Blanche’s scent picture, a draft: rose, pink pepper, aldehyde, violet, neroli, peony drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Blanche, top notes: Rose, Pink pepper, Aldehyde

Heartas it settles

Blanche, heart: Violet, Neroli, Peony

Dry-downwhat stays

Blanche, dry-down: Blonde woods, Sandalwood, Musk

What’s inside it

What the label names

6 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 citrus3 florals1 powder

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

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Tocopheryl acetate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Acne Studios par Frédéric MalleFrédéric Malle · shares rose, aldehydes, violet (sweet violet), bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and 2 more$470 for 100 ml
CarminaCreed · shares rose, pink pepper, violet (sweet violet), peony and 1 more$460 for 75 ml
Destin de BalmainBalmain · shares rose, pink pepper, peony, sandalwood and 1 more$155 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.