Scent guide

Perfumes that smell like your grandmother's wardrobe

This smell is powder, clean soap tucked into folded linen, wool, and the ghost of a rose or violet perfume she wore for decades. These picks are soft and comforting, never stuffy. Most people find at least one of them brings someone back.

1. Lorenzo VilloresiNicheFor women€€€
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   Teint de Neige

   Literally face powder: heliotrope, rose and vanilla. The compact on the dressing table.

   Notes: heliotrope, rose, vanilla, face powder, musk, orris
2. Frédéric MalleNicheFor women€€€€
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   Lipstick Rose

   Rose, violet and raspberry with a powdery finish. Her lipstick and her handbag.

   Notes: rose, violet, raspberry, vanilla, musk
3. DiptyqueNicheUnisex€€€
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   Fleur de Peau

   Ambrette, iris and musk. Clean skin and soft fabric, the scarf she gave you.

   Notes: ambrette, iris, musk, pink pepper, angelica
4. ByredoNicheFor women€€€
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   Blanche

   Aldehydes, white rose and musk. The bar of soap between the sheets.

   Notes: aldehydes, white rose, peony, sandalwood, musk
5. Hermès HermessenceNicheUnisex€€€€
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   Cuir d'Ange

   Soft leather with heliotrope. Her good gloves, kept in the top drawer.

   Notes: leather, hawthorn, heliotrope, musk, suede

Start with Teint de Neige; it is the closest thing to opening that wardrobe door.