Tom Ford · 2011

Santal Blush

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Warm cinnamon and carrot seed with ylang-ylang, over creamy sandalwood, cedar and sweet benzoin resin.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Santal Blush’s scent picture, a draft: cinnamon, carrot, ylang-ylang, sandalwood, cedar, benzoin drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Santal Blush, top notes: Ylang-ylang

Heartas it settles

Santal Blush, heart: Cinnamon, Carrot

Dry-downwhat stays

Santal Blush, dry-down: Sandalwood, Cedar, Benzoin, Patchouli, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Galaxolide (musk), 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.

1 citrus2 herbs & lavender6 florals7 woods1 sweet1 amber & resins5 spices1 musks1 powder

11 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

ReasonsAmouage · shares cinnamon, sandalwood, cedar (Atlas cedar) and benzoin$475 for 100 ml
Beloved WomanAmouage · shares ylang-ylang, sandalwood, cedar (Atlas cedar) and benzoin
Ylang 49Le Labo · shares ylang-ylang, sandalwood and benzoin$348 for 100 ml · about half of Santal Blush’s $300
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.