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Estée Lauder · Est. 1968

Estee

Estée opens with a creamy, almost narcotic tuberose that feels dense and luxurious, sweetened by a thread of raspberry that keeps the white flowers from becoming too solemn.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released1968
Statusenriched
1968 · Fragrance
tub·jas·ros·oak
Rating
3.8
2.5k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 12 accords.

Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.

  • Tuberose
    28
  • Jasmine
    22
  • Rose
    18
  • Oakmoss
    18
  • Iris
    16

By the editors · 2 min readEstée opens with a creamy, almost narcotic tuberose that feels dense and luxurious, sweetened by a thread of raspberry that keeps the white flowers from becoming too solemn. The fruit recedes quickly, leaving a honeyed floral core that recalls the grand manner of mid-century American perfumery—opulent but surprisingly wearable, with jasmine and rose given weight by iris and lily of the valley.

The base settles into a mossy, resinous warmth where oakmoss and styrax lend a vintage chypre structure beneath the lingering florals. This is tuberose in a fur coat, not a sundress: composed, assured, made for someone who understands the power of a signature scent. It speaks to an era when perfume was designed to announce presence rather than whisper suggestion.

Filed: Estée LauderSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap