L.12.12 Blanc

Notes

Top notes

• Grapefruit Juicy, bitter-sweet and slightly sulphurous, with a clean sparkle.
• Rosemary Resinous, piney herb with a clean, medicinal sparkle.
• Cardamom Cool, aromatic and sweetly spicy, with a camphor and citrus lift.

Heart notes

• Olibanum Cool, lemony and peppery resin smoke, like a quiet stone church.
• Tuberose Heady, creamy, buttery white flower with a rubbery-camphor edge.
• Ylang-Ylang Banana-tinged, custardy and sweetly floral, with a smooth tropical glow.

Base notes

• Cedar Leaf
• Cedar Dry, pencil-shaving wood, clean and slightly smoky.
• Suede Soft, powdery, faintly animalic leather, plush as brushed skin.
• Vetiver Earthy, smoky, green root with a dry, grassy depth.

Smells like L.12.12 Blanc

1. Pure Instinct Swiss Arabian
   45% similar, shares rosemary, tuberose and grapefruit
2. Flowerhead Byredo
   43% similar, shares suede and tuberose
3. Dior Homme Sport (2008) Dior
   42% similar, shares rosemary, grapefruit and vetiver
4. Futur Robert Piguet
   41% similar, shares ylang-ylang, vetiver and cedar
5. Gabrielle Chanel
   41% similar, shares tuberose, ylang-ylang and grapefruit
6. Gabrielle Chanel Essence Chanel
   40% similar, shares tuberose and ylang-ylang
7. Magnolia Nobile Acqua di Parma
   39% similar, shares tuberose and vetiver
8. Goodman's Roja Parfums
   39% similar, shares ylang-ylang, olibanum and cardamom
9. N°5 L'Eau Chanel
   39% similar, shares ylang-ylang, vetiver and cedar
10. Java Blossom Xerjoff
    39% similar, shares tuberose, olibanum and vetiver
11. Opus I Amouage
    39% similar, shares tuberose, ylang-ylang and olibanum
12. Joyeuse Tubéreuse Guerlain
    38% similar, shares tuberose and vetiver

Alternatives

• Pure Instinct Swiss Arabian