Initio · 2022

Paragon

VersionExtrait de Parfum

Initio says

You’ll smell bergamot, White Sage, lavender, Palo Santo, Black Pepper, sandalwood and agarwood.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Paragon’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, lavender, palo-santo, black pepper, sandalwood, agarwood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Paragon, top notes: Bergamot, Lavender, palo-santo, Black pepper, Sweet orange

Heartthe first hours

Paragon, heart: White sage

Dry-downhours later

Paragon, dry-down: Sandalwood, Agarwood, Patchouli, Vanillin, Iso E Super, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

21 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

4 citrus6 herbs & lavender4 florals2 woods2 sweet2 spices1 powder

Citrus4

LimoneneBergamot oilBitter orange oilCitral

Herbs & lavender6

SclareolLavender oilCamphorLinalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals4

CitronellolRose ketonesGeranyl acetateGeraniol

Woods2

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)

Spices2

CinnamalAnethole

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not in Ingredients yet5

Beta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetPinene, not in Ingredients yetBenzoic acid, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yetAlpha-terpinene, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoate

Named by Initio, never on a label

White Sage, not in Ingredients yetPalo SantoBlack PepperSandalwoodAgarwood

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