Penhaligon's · 2023

Liquid Love

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Ginger, pink pepper, chilli and turmeric heat with a cool mint edge, over rose, settling onto creamy sandalwood and musk.

Penhaligon's says

You’ll smell ginger, rose and sandalwood.

More from Penhaligon's’s description

It also mentions Pink pepper, Turmeric, Chilli and Musk.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Liquid Love’s scent picture, a draft: ginger, rose, sandalwood, pink pepper, turmeric, chilli drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Liquid Love, top notes: Ginger, Pink pepper, Lemon, Geranium, Mint

Heartas it settles

Liquid Love, heart: Rose, Turmeric, Chilli

Dry-downwhat stays

Liquid Love, dry-down: Sandalwood, Musk, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What the label names

25 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 citrus7 herbs & lavender6 florals3 woods1 sweet2 spices1 musks

3 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

AniNishane · shares ginger, rose, sandalwood, pink pepper and 1 more$375 for 100 ml · about the same as Liquid Love’s $300
Spectre GhostFrench Avenue · shares ginger, rose, sandalwood, pink pepper and 1 moreabout $41 for 80 ml · about a fifth of Liquid Love’s $300
AshoreAmouage · shares rose, sandalwood, pink pepper and turmeric$395 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.