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White Linen(1978)

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Created by Sophia Grojsman for Estee Lauder, White Linen opens on aldehydes and peach, moves through a heart of rose, carnation, and jasmine, and closes on oakmoss, sandalwood, and musk. Its clean, crisp aldehydic-floral structure was designed to evoke the fresh scent of line-dried linen, and it became one of Estee Lauder's most enduring and commercially significant fragrances.

Did you know? This scent's aldehydes carry a famous origin myth — the "accidental overdose" story behind Chanel No. 5 — that historians say probably isn't true. Read the full story →

Brand

Estee Lauder

Perfumer

Sophia Grojsman

Launched

1978

Family

Floral

White Linen is a fragrance from Estee Lauder, released in 1978 and composed by Sophia Grojsman. It sits in the Floral family. It opens with Aldehydes and Peach, moves into a heart of Rose, Carnation, and Jasmine, and settles into a base of Oakmoss, Sandalwood, and Musk.

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