CitrusBergamot
Top Note
Fresh · Citrusy · Floral · Slightly Spicy
The backbone of countless classic colognes, bergamot offers a luminous citrus brightness with a distinctive floral-spicy edge.
Fragrance Notes
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298 ingredients
Fragrance Notes
Every perfume tells a story through its ingredients. Discover the notes behind your favourites.
298 ingredients
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Season
298 ingredients
Citrus
CitrusLemon
Top Note
Zesty · Sharp · Clean · Bright
Bright, zesty and instantly uplifting, lemon opens a fragrance with pure solar energy.
CitrusGrapefruit
Top Note
Bitter · Juicy · Fresh · Tart
A bolder, more complex citrus than lemon — grapefruit brings a subtle bitterness and a juicy pulp quality that reads as both fresh and slightly green.
CitrusMandarin
Top Note
Sweet · Juicy · Warm · Gentle
Softer and sweeter than lemon or bergamot, mandarin brings a gentle sunlit warmth to citrus openings.
CitrusBitter Orange Leaf
Top Note
Green · Woody · Sharp · Herbal
The crushed green leaf of the bitter orange tree — petitgrain — adds a sharp, woody-herbal freshness that cuts through florals and softens citrus.
FloralRose
Heart Note
Velvety · Romantic · Honeyed · Timeless
The queen of florals and the most used perfumery ingredient in the world.
FloralJasmine
Heart Note
Sensual · Indolic · White · Heady
Heady, sensual and slightly animalic, jasmine is the most indolic of the great white florals.
FloralNeroli
Top · Heart Note
Fresh · Luminous · Honeyed · Noble
Distilled from the blossoms of the bitter orange tree, neroli is simultaneously citrusy, floral and faintly honeyed.
FloralYlang-Ylang
Heart Note
Creamy · Tropical · Sweet · Exotic
Intensely sweet, creamy and tropical, ylang-ylang brings an almost banana-like floral richness.
FloralOsmanthus
Top · Heart Note
Fruity · Delicate · Leathery · Apricot
One of perfumery's most prized ingredients, osmanthus blends the sweetness of apricot and peach with the delicacy of white flowers and a leathery suede undertone.
FloralViolet
Heart Note
Powdery · Soft · Sweet · Nostalgic
Powdery, soft and slightly retro, violet carries the nostalgic weight of classic femininity while finding new life in modern compositions.
FloralViolet Leaf
Heart Note
Green · Cool · Aquatic · Crisp
Greener and sharper than the flower, violet leaf smells of freshly cut stems, cool water and crushed green herbs.
FloralIris
Heart · Base Note
Powdery · Velvety · Earthy · Refined
Iris root — orris butter — is one of the most expensive and complex materials in perfumery.
FloralImmortelle
Heart Note
Honeyed · Curry-like · Warm · Golden
Also called helichrysum or everlasting, immortelle has one of the most distinctive scent profiles in all of perfumery — a combination of curry, honey, maple and dry hay.
SpicySaffron
Top · Heart Note
Leathery · Metallic · Warm · Luxurious
The world's most expensive spice translates into a rich, leathery-sweet note with metallic undertones in perfumery.
SpicyCinnamon
Top · Heart Note
Warm · Sweet · Biting · Comforting
Warm, sweet and slightly biting, cinnamon is the quintessential autumn spice in perfumery.
SpicyCardamom
Top · Heart Note
Aromatic · Cool-Warm · Sophisticated · Complex
Aromatic, slightly floral and faintly medicinal, cardamom is one of the most sophisticated spices in the perfumer's palette.
SpicyGinger
Top Note
Sharp · Energetic · Lemony · Invigorating
Sharp, pungent and invigorating, ginger in perfumery adds an energetic, slightly lemony bite.
SpicyPepper
Top Note
Dry · Sharp · Woody · Elegant
Black pepper brings a dry, slightly woody spiciness that adds elegance and tension to masculine compositions.
SpicyRed Pepper
Top Note
Hot · Fruity-Spicy · Bold · Modern
Warmer and slightly fruitier than black pepper, red pepper adds a fleshy spice note with a peppery heat that's closer to dried chili.
SpicyPink Pepper
Top Note
Fruity · Delicate · Rosy · Fresh-Spicy
Not a true pepper but the berry of the Schinus molle tree, pink pepper is softer, fruitier and slightly rosy.
HerbalLavender
Top · Heart Note
Herbal · Floral · Fresh · Calming
The defining note of the fougère family, lavender straddles the line between floral and herbal with effortless grace.
HerbalRosemary
Top Note
Crisp · Herbal · Mediterranean · Clean
Crisp, camphoraceous and invigoratingly Mediterranean, rosemary adds a clean herbal clarity that partners naturally with citrus and woods.
FruityPineapple
Top Note
Tropical · Sweet · Tart · Juicy
Sweet, tropical and slightly tart, pineapple adds a luminous fruity freshness to citrus and floral compositions.
FruityFig Leaf
Top Note
Green · Milky · Woody · Mediterranean
Green, milky and slightly woody, fig leaf captures the unique character of a Mediterranean fig tree — the sap-rich stems, the green unripe fruit, the shaded shade below.
FruityApple
Heart Note
Dewy · Fresh · Watery · Crisp
A classic fougère ingredient since Cool Water and Polo Sport, apple in perfumery reads as a dewy, watery-fresh fruitiness rather than the sweetness of apple juice.
FruityPlum
Heart Note
Dark · Rich · Jammy · Vinous
Dark, rich and vinous, plum brings a jam-like sweetness with smoky-woody undertones.
GourmandVanilla
Heart · Base Note
Sweet · Creamy · Warm · Comforting
The most recognizable sweet ingredient in the world, vanilla in perfumery ranges from the creamy-balsamic richness of true Bourbon vanilla to the synthetic warmth of vanillin.
GourmandHoney
Heart Note
Golden · Waxy · Sweet-Animalic · Rich
Between sweet and animalic, honey in perfumery adds a golden warmth with faintly waxy and beeswax undertones.
GourmandPraline
Top · Heart Note
Caramel · Toasty · Sweet · Indulgent
A confectionery accord of caramelized sugar and toasted almonds, praline became indispensable to niche gourmand perfumery in the 2010s.
GourmandAlmond
Heart Note
Powdery · Marzipan · Sweet · Soft
Soft, powdery and warmly sweet, almond in perfumery is more of a marzipan quality than raw nut.
GourmandTonka Bean
Heart · Base Note
Coumarinic · Velvety · Sweet · Hay-like
One of perfumery's most useful fixatives, tonka bean smells of coumarin — the molecule of new-mown hay, vanilla, almond and tobacco combined.
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