Lancôme · 2019 · Shyamala Maisondieu, Nadège Le Garlantezec and Adriana Medina

Idôle

VersionEau de Parfum

Lancôme says

You’ll smell bergamot (Citrus), Juicy Pear, Pink Peppercorn, rose, jasmine, White Musk, vanilla, patchouli and cedarwood.

More from Lancôme’s description

It also mentions citrus, Rose Accord, Oil of Jasmine Absolutes, Clean Chypre Accord, FOUR ROSES, Jasmine absolutes, CHYPRE ACCORD and bergamont.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Idôle’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, pear, pink pepper, rose, jasmine, white musk drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Idôle, top notes: Bergamot, pear, Pink pepper

Heartthe first hours

Idôle, heart: Rose, Jasmine

Dry-downhours later

Idôle, dry-down: White Musk, Vanilla, Patchouli, Cedar, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

10 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals5

Benzyl salicylateMethyl anthranilateGeraniolFarnesolCitronellol

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not for the smell10

AlcoholWaterA light stabiliserOctinoxate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)Red 4Red 33Yellow 10Benzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoate

Named by Lancôme, never on a label

Bergamot (Citrus)Juicy Pear, not in Ingredients yetPink PeppercornRoseJasmineWhite Musk, not in Ingredients yetVanillaPatchouliCedarwood

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

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Counted from the printed lists: 10 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.