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Flowerbomb
Viktor & Rolf · 2005
The explosive sweet floral people mean when they say a perfume smells like a bouquet dipped in sugar.
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White Floral. Jasmine, tuberose, gardenia: heady and lush.
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No. 5
Chanel · 1921
The fragrance a non-fragrance person can still name off the top of their head.
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Well-known fragrances are named here for one reason: they are the shared vocabulary most people have for a smell. We describe the accord in our own words, then point at independent houses working the same territory. There are no logos, no bottle photographs and no affiliate links, and Undernotes is not affiliated with any house named on these pages.