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Love in Idleness
meets Lipstick Rose.

Compare the recorded scent profiles, then decide what to sample.

Shared ground

Violet · Raspberry · Heliotrope · Moss · Patchouli

Both records list these notes. Shared notes do not guarantee the same smell.

The distinction

Concentration not recorded leads with powdery; Eau de parfum leads with powdery. The table below separates their listed profiles and voting data.

At a glance
Atkinsons Love in Idleness bottle
Atkinsons

Love in Idleness

Concentration not recorded

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Frederic Malle Lipstick Rose bottle
Frederic Malle

Lipstick Rose

Eau de parfum

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ConcentrationConcentration not recordedEau de parfum
Listed bottle sizesNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Brand originUnited KingdomFrance
Made inNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Listed year20152000
Leading accordspowdery · violet · fruitypowdery · vanilla · iris
Notes unique to this recordIris Flower, Violet LeafLitchi, Green Notes, Grapefruit, Galbanum, Bergamot, Lemon, Iris, Rose, Lily of the Valley, Cloves, Vanilla, Amber, White Musk, Cedar, Leather, Vetiver
Longevity / 52.99 · 103 votes3.50 · 996 votes
Projection / 42.36 · 147 votes2.44 · 1,189 votes

Scores are category averages, not hours or controlled measurements. Different vote samples are not a head-to-head wear test. “Unique” notes here means absent from the other record, not proof of a formula difference.

Compare the labels

Ingredients, side by side.

Read the declared lists for the editions shown. Shared entries do not mean identical formulas, proportions or scent.

A label comparison will appear when both ingredient lists are verified for the same market.

Love in Idleness

Ingredient list not yet verified for this edition and market.

Lipstick Rose

Eau de parfum · US listing

Alcohol denat., Water\aqua\eau, Fragrance (parfum), Alpha-isomethyl ionone, Hydroxycitronellal, Geraniol, Citronellol, Coumarin, Cinnamyl alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Linalool, Citric acid, Citral, Limonene, Bht, Tocopherol, Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate

Source: Frederic Malle official US product page · Checked 2026-09-22 · Formula reference ILN44324

These are published ingredient declarations, separate from scent notes. “Parfum” or “fragrance” can represent a mixture without listing every component. Formulations can change by market and batch; check the packaging on your bottle. A matching or missing entry does not establish suitability for an allergy.

Follow your curiosity.

A starting point, not a verdict

Concentration not recorded

Start here if the listed powdery and violet direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.

Eau de parfum

Start here if the listed powdery and vanilla direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.