Amouage · 2016 · Nathalie Lorson & Élise Bénat

Lilac Love

VersionEau de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell Lilac Accord, heliotrope, peony, gardenia, orris, Cocoa Bean, Tonka Bean, sandalwood, patchouli and vanilla.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Lilac Love’s scent picture, a draft: lilac, heliotrope, peony, gardenia, orris, cacao drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Lilac Love, top notes: lilac, Heliotrope, peony, gardenia

Heartthe first hours

Lilac Love, heart: Orris, Cacao, Tonka

Dry-downhours later

Lilac Love, dry-down: Sandalwood, Patchouli, Vanilla

On the label

What’s inside it

13 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet3 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals5

Benzyl salicylateHydroxycitronellalGeraniolCitronellolFarnesol

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Spices3

EugenolIsoeugenolCinnamal

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not in Ingredients yet1

Cinnamyl alcohol, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell3

AlcoholBenzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoate

Named by Amouage, never on a label

Lilac Accord, not in Ingredients yetHeliotrope, not in Ingredients yetPeony, not in Ingredients yetGardenia, not in Ingredients yetOrrisCocoa BeanTonka BeanSandalwoodPatchouliVanilla

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