Scent guide

Perfumes that smell like an old library

A library smells of paper slowly turning to vanilla, leather bindings, dust warmed by lamps, and wood. The perfumes below each lean on a different shelf: paper, tea, tobacco or polished wood. All of them are quiet, close to the skin and made for long reading days.

1. Fueguia 1833Ultra-nicheUnisex€€€€€
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   Biblioteca de Babel

   Built on the smell of old books: paper, wood and leather. The most literal library in a bottle.

   Notes: old books, paper, wood, leather, vanilla, dust
2. ByredoNicheUnisex€€€
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   Bibliothèque

   Plum, peach and violet over leather and vanilla. The library as a memory: warm, fruity and a little romantic.

   Notes: plum, peach, violet, peony, leather, vanilla
3. Le LaboNicheUnisex€€€€
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   Thé Noir 29

   Black tea, fig and cedar with dry tobacco. A cup of tea going cold beside an open book.

   Notes: black tea, fig, bay leaf, cedar, vetiver, tobacco
4. Tom Ford Private BlendNicheUnisex€€€€
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   Tobacco Vanille

   Pipe tobacco, vanilla and dried fruit. The armchair corner where someone smoked for forty years.

   Notes: tobacco leaf, spices, vanilla, cacao, tonka, dried fruits
5. D.S. & DurgaUltra-nicheUnisex€€€
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   Bowmakers

   Maple, mahogany and resin. The polished shelves and the reading desk more than the books.

   Notes: maple, mahogany, cedar, resin, violin varnish, spruce

Start with Biblioteca de Babel for paper; Tobacco Vanille if you want it warmer and louder.