Chloé · 2014 · Anne Flipo

Love Story

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Bright neroli over orange blossom and creamy stephanotis jasmine, resting on soft cedar.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Love Story’s scent picture, a draft: neroli, jasmine, cedar, coumarin (new-mown hay) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Love Story, top notes: Neroli

Heartas it settles

Love Story, heart: Jasmine

Dry-downwhat stays

Love Story, dry-down: Cedar, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

10 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 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet1 powder

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

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Black OpiumYSL · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine and cedar (Atlas cedar)$174 for 90 ml
My WayArmani · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine and cedar (Atlas cedar)$174 for 90 ml
Acqua di GiòArmani · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine and cedar (Atlas cedar)$130 for 100 ml · about half of Love Story’s $150
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.