Hypnôse

Lancôme describes an amber and woody harmony: the airy, fruity notes of passionflower and bergamot meet the sunniness of jasmine, vanilla and the woody intensity of vetiver. The house itself divides the composition into three tiers.

Top

Passionflower opens the fragrance with bergamot. Osmoz credits it with an exotic luminosity; Victoria Frolova smells an opening between flower and fruit, with a tropical tartness that avoids excess sugar.

Heart

The jasmine, sambac according to Osmoz and Victoria Frolova, comes with so-called sunny notes, which the reviewer describes as warm and radiant. She finds a green jasmine whose lacy quality counterbalances the fruit compote.

Base

Vanilla absolute and vetiver form the base. Victoria Frolova describes a creamy vanilla, in successive layers, and a cool, earthy vetiver that tempers the sweetness; the fragrance ends, in her view, on musky woods.

What stays out

Peach and plum, sometimes associated with Hypnôse, are not among the notes published by the house. Passionflower and the sunny notes are described in full, with no corresponding note in the classification of materials.

What the label declares

The list published for the eau de parfum has eighteen ingredients. After alcohol, fragrance and water come a stabilizer, tris(tetramethylhydroxypiperidinol) citrate, two UV filters, ethylhexyl salicylate and butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, and three colorants, CI 17200, CI 42090 and CI 60730.

It declares eight regulated allergens: linalool, geraniol, limonene, hydroxycitronellal, citral, citronellol, benzyl alcohol and benzyl benzoate. It names no natural essence.