Estée Lauder
White Linen
With White Linen, Estée Lauder composes a luminous and delicate floral fragrance. It opens on aldehydes and peach, reveals rose, jasmine and lily at its heart and rests on a base of amber, oakmoss and white musk.
Main accords
Pyramid & evolution
Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.
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Opening First minutes
Aldehydes · Peach
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Heart ~30 min to 2 h
Rose · Jasmine · Lily
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Base Several hours
Amber · Oakmoss · White musk
What its composition says
- 2 materials on top, 3 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
- Lily: its rarest material, which only 28 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue contain — about one in 71.
- White musk: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 50% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
- Floral, amber, fruity, woody and musky: 5 registers of raw materials share its palette, with floral supplying 3 of 8.
Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.
Scent profile
Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.
Wear time
Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection
Generous
fills a room
Ideal seasons
Time of day
At ease in mild weather, 15 to 22 °C (59 to 72 °F).
Strengths
- Great versatility: goes from the office to dinner without a false note.
The success of White Linen by Estée Lauder comes down to its versatility: an easy-going signature that finds its place from morning to night without ever clashing.
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