Soleil Blanc Parfum

Tom Ford lists six key notes: jasmine grandiflorum, ylang-ylang, cardamom, pistachio accord, coco de mer accord and vanilla absolute. They are spread over three tiers: ylang-ylang, cardamom and jasmine at the top; pistachio and coco de mer at the heart; vanilla at the base.

The white florals

Ylang-ylang and jasmine grandiflorum carry the white florals that the house puts in the foreground, in a concentration it calls rich. Cardamom adds a spicy, fresh note to them from the opening.

Pistachio and coco de mer

Two accords make up the heart: pistachio, a nutty note, and coco de mer, named after the Seychelles palm whose nut is the largest seed in the plant kingdom. Both are reconstructed effects rather than extracted materials.

Vanilla

Vanilla absolute holds the base. The house calls it glowing and presents it, together with the white florals and amber, as the main feature of this version, a blend of white florals, amber and coco de mer that it describes as heightened.

What the label declares

After alcohol, fragrance and water, the label declares benzyl salicylate, bergamot peel oil, limonene, linalyl acetate, vanillin, linalool, coumarin and hydroxycitronellal, as well as oils of Cananga odorata, the ylang-ylang tree, of sandalwood and of jasmine, santalol and isoeugenol.

Bergamot and sandalwood, declared through their oils, are not among the key notes listed by the house.