Tuberóza X
Ylang-ylang opens alone in a lush, tropical-floral register — rich, slightly rubbery, and intensely sweet-floral in the way that ylang-ylang at high concentration always reads.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 accords.
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- Fresh50
- Soft Spicy50
- Yellow Floral50
- Tuberose
The note pyramid
- Ylang-Ylang
- Violet
- Sandalwood
- Amber
- Musk
- Sandalwood
By the editors · 2 min readYlang-ylang opens alone in a lush, tropical-floral register — rich, slightly rubbery, and intensely sweet-floral in the way that ylang-ylang at high concentration always reads. It is an assertive, feminine opening that doesn't hedge.
Sandalwood, amber, and musk in the base provide the warmth and structure to carry the ylang-ylang without overwhelming it. The sandalwood adds creamy woodiness; amber contributes resinous warmth; musk keeps the whole thing from drying out. Together they form a classic oriental base.
The composition is simple but well-constructed around a single bold floral. The ylang-ylang over sandalwood and amber reads as a white-floral oriental — warm, slightly exotic, and best suited to evening wear in cooler months.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
