Liquides Imaginaires · 2022

Blanche Bête

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

VersionEau de Parfum

Milky, musky ambrette, then jasmine, tuberose and a wisp of incense, over tonka, cocoa and a musky vanilla.

Liquides Imaginaires says

You’ll smell Ambrette Seed, Milk Accord, Mystikal, Jasmine Vintage, Tuberose Petals, lily of the valley (mahonial), incense, tonka, cacao and Musky Vanilla.

More from Liquides Imaginaires’s description

It also mentions Musk Mallow, Milk, Jasmine, Tuberose, Tonka Bean, Cocoa and White flowers.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Blanche Bête’s scent picture, a draft: ambrette, milk, jasmine, tuberose, lily of the valley, frankincense drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Blanche Bête, top notes: Ambrette, Milk, Mystikal

Heartas it settles

Blanche Bête, heart: Jasmine, Tuberose, Lily of the valley, Frankincense

Dry-downwhat stays

Blanche Bête, dry-down: Tonka (coumarin), Cacao, Musky vanilla

What’s inside it

What the label names

5 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.

1 citrus1 florals1 sweet2 spices

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

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · shares jasmine, tuberose, lily of the valley, tonka and 1 more$250 for 100 ml · about the same as Blanche Bête’s $285
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares jasmine, tuberose, lily of the valley, frankincense and 1 more$115 for 75 ml · about half of Blanche Bête’s $285
Good GirlCarolina Herrera · shares jasmine, tuberose, tonka and cacao$137 for 50 ml · about the same as Blanche Bête’s $285

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