Crinum Lily

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Heavy, creamy white floral between tuberose and gardenia

Scent Profile

Crinum lily smells heavy, creamy and narcotically sweet, closer to tuberose and gardenia than to a garden lily. A milky, creamy softness runs under the white petals. A faint spicy-green thread keeps it from being only sweet. A quiet indolic warmth sits underneath, softer than in tuberose, and the scent grows stronger in the evening.

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Breadthmedium

EnvelopeHeart · ~6h lasting

Family Floral, Sweet & Gourmand

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Origin

Crinum lily is a bulb of the Amaryllidaceae family, not a true lily (Lilium). Species such as Crinum asiaticum and the hybrid Crinum x powellii bear large white to pink trumpet flowers. The flowers yield no commercial absolute or oil, so the note is a fantasy accord.

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers build crinum lily as an accord from tuberose and gardenia materials with lactones. It is used as a heady, tropical white-floral heart. The name brings an evening, tropical image rather than a garden lily.