Kilian Paris · 2018 · Honorine Blanc

Princess

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

A tip of ginger over creamy green tea in a matcha-mocha blend, ending in sugary marshmallow.

Kilian Paris says

You’ll smell ginger, Green Tea and marshmallow.

More from Kilian Paris’s description

It also mentions A green tea mocha, A tip of ginger and Green tea matcha.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Princess’s scent picture, a draft: ginger, tea, spun sugar, coumarin (new-mown hay), geraniol (rose) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Princess, top notes: Ginger

Heartas it settles

Princess, heart: Tea, Geraniol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Princess, dry-down: Spun sugar, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Kilian Paris names

What the label names

6 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 & lavender2 florals1 sweet

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

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholBHT (keeps it fresh)Benzoic acidDilauryl thiodipropionate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Pink WoodsAriana Grande · shares tea and marshmallow$80 for 125 ml · about a fifth of Princess’s $150
ImaginationLouis Vuitton · shares ginger and tea
MarwaArabiyat Prestige · shares ginger and teaabout $41 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Princess’s $150
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.