Initio · 2025

Lift Me Up

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Initio says

You’ll smell ylang-Ylang, bergamot, magnolia, Roasted Tonka Beans, vanilla and musk.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Lift Me Up’s scent picture, a draft: ylang-ylang, bergamot, magnolia, tonka, vanilla, musk drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Lift Me Up, top notes: Bergamot, magnolia

Heartthe first hours

Lift Me Up, heart: Ylang-ylang, Musk

Dry-downhours later

Lift Me Up, dry-down: Tonka, Vanilla, Iso E Super

On the label

What’s inside it

12 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus2 herbs & lavender3 florals1 woods2 sweet1 musks1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneBergamot oil

Herbs & lavender2

Linalyl acetateLinalool

Florals3

Ylang-ylang oilBenzyl salicylateHydroxycitronellal

Woods1

Iso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)

Musks1

Galaxolide (clean linen)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not in Ingredients yet3

Hexadecanolactone, not in Ingredients yetEugenyl acetate, not in Ingredients yetPinene, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoate

Named by Initio, never on a label

MagnoliaRoasted Tonka BeansVanillaMusk, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 12 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.