Initio · 2024

Narcotic Delight

VersionEau de Parfum

Initio says

You’ll smell cherry, cognac, vanilla, Black Pepper, Pink Pepper, tobacco and Hedione.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Narcotic Delight’s scent picture, a draft: cherry, vanilla, black pepper, pink pepper, tobacco, hedione drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Narcotic Delight, top notes: Cognac, Black pepper, Pink pepper, Sweet orange, Bergamot

Heartthe first hours

Narcotic Delight, heart: cherry, Hedione, cinnamon

Dry-downhours later

Narcotic Delight, dry-down: Vanilla, tobacco, Iso E Super, Galaxolide, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

23 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

4 citrus3 herbs & lavender7 florals2 woods3 sweet3 spices1 musks

Citrus4

LimoneneBitter orange oilBergamot oilCitral

Herbs & lavender3

LinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals7

Rose ketonesMethyl salicylateGeraniolBenzyl salicylateGeranyl acetateCitronellolFarnesol

Woods2

SantalolIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet3

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)Benzaldehyde

Spices3

Cinnamon bark oilEugenolCinnamal

Musks1

Galaxolide (clean linen)

Not in Ingredients yet3

Pinene, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)BHT (keeps it fresh)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateBenzyl alcohol

Named by Initio, never on a label

Cherry, not in Ingredients yetCognac, not in Ingredients yetVanillaBlack PepperPink PepperTobaccoHedione (jasmine)

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: 23 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.