I tried all this and in the end, simply using a title="text here"
worked for my system. Note there is no blank option
<select name="Restrictions" class="selectpicker show-tick form-control"
data-live-search="true" multiple="multiple" title="Choose Multiple">
<option value="1">One</option>
<option value="2">Two</option>
<option value="3">Three</option>
</select>