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Chloé Eau de ParfumChloé, 2008

Fresh peony, rose petals and creamy magnolia form a soft bouquet over dry cedar, with ambergris adding a musky, faintly salty warmth.

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Today’s bottleChloé Eau de ParfumChloé, 2008Fresh peony, rose petals and creamy magnolia form a soft bouquet over dry cedar, with ambergris adding a musky, faintly salty warmth.

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What perfume is made of

Before there’s a bottle there’s a bergamot on the branch, a sliver of agarwood, a curl of smoke. Start from the ingredient.

Smoke

Incense smoke, rising

Bergamot

Bergamot, on the branch

Agarwood (Oud)

Agarwood, a single piece

Orris Root

Iris rhizome, cut

Vanilla

Vanilla pods, cured

Rose

Lemon

Olibanum

Amber

Lavender

Leather

Jasmine

Fig

Tobacco

Coffee

Patchouli

Tonka Bean

Pink Pepper

Cardamom

Cinnamon

Orange Blossom

Cedarwood

Vetiver

Photographs from Wikimedia Commons, toned for this page: smoke by Andrzej Barabasz (Chepry) (CC BY-SA 4.0); bergamot by K reger (CC BY-SA 3.0); agarwood (oud) by Sinedi Matt (CC BY 4.0); orris root by Gilles Ayotte (CC BY-SA 4.0); vanilla by Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0); rose by Pink Sherbet Photography (CC BY 2.0); lemon by Ivar Leidus (CC BY-SA 4.0); olibanum by Lupus in Saxonia (CC BY-SA 4.0); amber by Thomas Bresson (CC BY 3.0); lavender by Norbert Nagel (CC BY-SA 3.0); leather by W.carter (CC0); jasmine by Didier Descouens (CC BY-SA 4.0); fig by Jedesto (CC BY-SA 4.0); tobacco by Alexander Klink (CC BY 4.0); coffee by BenFrantzDale (CC BY-SA 3.0); patchouli by Forest & Kim Starr (CC BY 3.0); tonka bean by Fred Benenson (Mecredis) (CC BY-SA 3.0); pink pepper by Milvus (CC BY-SA 3.0); cardamom by Didier Descouens (CC BY-SA 4.0); cinnamon by Gnu-Bricoleur (CC BY 4.0); orange blossom by 阿橋 HQ (CC BY-SA 2.0); cedarwood by Famartin (CC BY-SA 4.0); vetiver by David Monniaux (CC BY-SA 3.0).