LÎLÎUM Milan · Italy

Journal

Stories of raw materials, craft and the quiet language of perfume.

White jasmine and chamomile flowers scattered on pale handmade paper

Not Every Flower Can Be Turned Into Perfume

Squeeze a jasmine flower and nothing comes out. Heat ruins it. So for centuries perfumers pressed petals into fat and waited weeks for the scent to come out on its...

Not Every Flower Can Be Turned Into Perfume

Squeeze a jasmine flower and nothing comes out. Heat ruins it. So for centuries perfumers pressed petals into fat and waited weeks for the scent to come out on its...

Five natural perfume raw materials laid in a row on bone paper: labdanum resin, oakmoss lichen, osmanthus blossom, tonka beans and ambergris

Five Words on a Perfume Label — and What They Actually Mean

A resin combed from goats. A lichen off oak bark. A seed that changed perfumery in 1882. Five words from our own labels, explained.

Five Words on a Perfume Label — and What They Actually Mean

A resin combed from goats. A lichen off oak bark. A seed that changed perfumery in 1882. Five words from our own labels, explained.