White Linen Estēe Lauder 1978 Eau de Parfum
The original White Linen reads cooler and crisper than its modern flankers.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 8 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.
- Rose70
- Floral55
- Mossy55
- Fresh
The note pyramid
- Bulgarian Rose
- Jasmine
- Lily of the Valley
- Violet
- Moss
By the editors · 2 min readThe original White Linen reads cooler and crisper than its modern flankers. Bulgarian rose, jasmine and lily of the valley sit on top of a chilled aldehydic shimmer — something close to the smell of starched cotton hung in the sun, with violet shading the heart toward a soft, slightly powdery turn.
Underneath, moss and vetiver pull the florals down into a quiet green chypre frame, while a thin amber warms the close. The effect is composed and slightly austere — daytime, broad daylight, the kind of fragrance that makes a room feel tidier than it is.
Scent twins
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