Liberty London (LBTY.) · 2023 · Frank Voelkl

Zephirine

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

VersionEau de Parfum

Green fig with cypress and clove over rose, patchouli and sweet benzoin resin, drying to soft suede, vetiver and cedarwood.

Liberty London (LBTY.) says

You’ll smell Fig Nature Print, cypress, clove, Rose Centifolia, patchouli, benzoin, leather (suede), vetiver and cedarwood.

More from Liberty London (LBTY.)’s description

It also mentions Incense, Ripe figs, Velvety rose petals, Rich vetiver, Fig and Bergamot.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Zephirine’s scent picture, a draft: fig, cypress, clove, rose, patchouli, benzoin drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Zephirine, top notes: Fig, Cypress, Clove, Frankincense, Bergamot

Heartas it settles

Zephirine, heart: Rose, Patchouli, Benzoin

Dry-downwhat stays

Zephirine, dry-down: Leather, Vetiver, Cedar, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings), Coumarin (tonka), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What the label names

24 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.

5 citrus4 herbs & lavender5 florals4 woods2 sweet4 spices

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

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Octinoxate (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Citric acid, not in Ingredients yetTetrahydroxypropyl ethylenediamine, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Beloved WomanAmouage · shares clove, rose, patchouli, benzoin and 3 more
OscarOscar de la Renta · shares clove, rose, patchouli, benzoin and 2 more$109 for 100 ml · about a third of Zephirine’s $297
OperaXerjoff · shares rose, patchouli, suede, vetiver and 1 more$308 for 100 ml · about the same as Zephirine’s $297

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.