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Lotus

Ingredients · Sea & water · Made in a lab

Lotus & water lily

Lotus absolute exists but is rare; the airy 'lotus' in most perfumes is a watery fantasy.

What it is
A flower that gives no oil worth extracting, so perfumers rebuild its smell from other materials.
How perfumers build it
Known in
L'Eau d'Issey (Issey Miyake, 1992)