Powder & lipstick

A memory of makeup, not a plant; iris, violet and heliotrope give the soft, cosmetic dust.

What it is: An idea of a smell that perfumers build: there is nothing to extract it from.
How perfumers build it: Orris butterMethyl ionone, not in Ingredients yetHeliotropin (heliotrope)Coumarin (new-mown hay)Galaxolide (musk)
Known in: Lipstick Rose (Frédéric Malle, 2000)
Worth knowing: Classic lipsticks were scented with violet and rose, the smell Lipstick Rose recreates.

Named by the house in 1 of the 732 perfumes read so far