Ex Nihilo · Louise Turner

Lust in Paradise

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionExtrait de Parfum

Blackcurrant, pink pepper and ginger over rose and sambac jasmine, ending in dry cedar and musk.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Lust in Paradise’s scent picture, a draft: blackcurrant, pink pepper, ginger, rose, jasmine, akigalawood (oud) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Lust in Paradise, top notes: Blackcurrant, Pink pepper, Rosyfolia, Ginger, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Lust in Paradise, heart: Rose, Jasmine

Dry-downwhat stays

Lust in Paradise, dry-down: Akigalawood (oud), Cedar, Ambrofix (ambergris), Musks, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

What’s inside it

What the label names

16 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 citrus2 herbs & lavender7 florals2 woods2 spices1 musks

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

Not for the smell3

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

AniNishane · shares blackcurrant (cassis), pink pepper, ginger, rose and 3 more$375 for 100 ml
Club de Nuit SillageArmaf · shares blackcurrant (cassis), ginger, rose, jasmine and 3 more$50 for 105 ml · about a tenth of Lust in Paradise’s $490
Spectre GhostFrench Avenue · shares blackcurrant (cassis), pink pepper, ginger, rose and 3 moreabout $41 for 80 ml · about a tenth of Lust in Paradise’s $490
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.