Fragrance Directory
Popular Perfume Notes
Perfume notes and fragrance directory of popular scents. View a complete list of all Perfume Notes here.
Citrus Notes
Energizing and zesty notes like bergamot, mandarine, and lemon.
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Bergamot
A light citrus fragrance from the extract of a bergamot orange. A bitter orange and limetta hybrid cultivated in Italy. -
Bitter Orange | Bigarade | Seville Orange
A very aromatic and full-bodied citrus adding freshness and density to a perfume fragrance. A pomelo and mandarin hybrid. -
Grapefruit
A fresh citrus fragrance with a slightly bitter scent. -
Lemongrass
An invigorating lemon citrus aroma envelopes and stimulates, creating a vibrant, refreshing fragrance. -
Mandarin
Citrus fragrance from a loose-rinded orange. Yellow to reddish-orange in color, this small orange tree origins can be found in southeastern Asia.
Fruity Notes
Uplifting notes with sweet, sour, and tart aromas like apples and berries.
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Blackcurrant | Cassis
A delicate fruity scents with a deep tangy aroma that is mildly spicy and woody with a hint of green. Often used as a top note in perfumes. -
Juniper Berry
A sharp and stimulating scent of freshness blended with a distilled gin note. A top note in perfumes. -
Pear
The pear is a sweet fruity fragrance with a nutty earthy undertone. Most common is the d'Anjou pear.
Floral Notes
The largest fragrance category with keynotes of jasmine, tuberose, or gardenia.
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Cherry Blossom
This beautiful flower offers a sweet, powdery, and mildly tangy scent. A light fruity scent mixed with a romantic floral aroma. A common fragrance note in perfumes, bath and body products. -
Frangipani | Plumeria
This tropical flower offers a fruity jasmine-like scent with a sweet heady fragrance. A common perfume heart note. -
Gardenia
Similar to jasmine, a white floral that blends sweetness with green notes. A highly fragrance aroma. -
Geranium
A heady rose scent coupled with a green, fruity-mint fragrance. Often used in men's and woman's perfume compositions. -
Heliotrope
A floral with a soft edge of almond and vanilla like sweetness. Often used in fragrance heart notes. -
Honeysuckle
A floral heart note with a sweet jasmine-like scent toned down with a honey fruity aroma. -
Hyacinth
A stunning feminine floral aroma with a note of buttery green for an intoxicating depth of scent. -
Jasmine
A sweet fragrance. Essential oil extracted from the jasmine shrub. Highly intense floral sweetness. -
Lavender
A refreshing herbaceous floral. -
Lilac
A fresh, clean, feminine floral scent with a touch of jasmine-like sweetness. -
Lily
There are a variety of lily species used in perfumery. This flower offers a sweet, spicy and waxy note. The Casablance Lily is a robust white floral with a hint of sweetness. -
Lily of the Valley or Muguet (French)
A delicate and light sweet fragrance. Native to the Northern Hemisphere or Europe and Asia. Also known as the May Lily, or Our Lady's Tears in Christian legend. A green floral and rosy-lemony scent. -
Magnolia
A sweet creamy floral fragrance with a fresh hint of citrus. Used in heart note of feminine perfumes. -
Mimosa
A delicate puffy flower with a sweet soft scent similar to heliotrope. Often found in perfume midnotes. -
Neroli | Orange Blossom | Orange Flower
A very strong and refreshing bittersweet fragrance most widely used in perfumery. Distilled oil from the flowers of a bitter orange tree. -
Osmanthus
A delicate fruity floral apricot fragrances. The osmanthus flower is native to China. -
Peony
A well-rounded light floral aroma that is feminine and delicately sweet with a green freshness. Often found in the heart note, pairs well with other florals. -
Rose
One of the most beloved flowers by woman, the rose is a earthy floral scent often found in the heart notes. There are a variety of rose species used throughout perfumery. The Bulgarian Damascena rose has a powdery tea note. The Egyptian Rose Centifolia has an earthy dewy petal note. -
Tuberose
A highly fragrant lily-like aroma. This Mexican herb has waxy white flowers that grow in spikes and grasslike leaves. Intense creamy floral scent often in the mid heart note. -
Violet
A feminine woody-floral scent with a sweet powerdy aroma. The flower part and the leaf part of this plant are often used in perfumes. -
Ylang Ylang
A sweet floral fragrance. Oil from the flowers of the cananga tree. Pronounced "ee-long ee-long". Rich floral with a slight banana scent mixed with jasmine, sweet narcotic effect.
Exotic Spice Notes
Rich and opulent exotic spices and resins illuminating the Far East.
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Amber
A subtle woody, warm and full-bodied fragrance. This powdery scent is often created from a mix of balsams such as labdanum, styrax, vanilla, and benzoin. -
Cardamom
A sweet and spicy fragrance similar to ginger. Native to India. An resinous and intensely aromatic fragrance often used in men's colognes. -
Cistus
Derived from the balsam of the rock rose bush, this scent has a powerful and deep, leathery, amber vibe. Found in base notes. -
Copal
Incense-like scent in this aromatic bright resin. This tree resin is a ceremonial burned incense in South American cultures. -
Frankincense | Olibanum
An aromatic resin from the Boswellia tree used in incense and perfumes. This aromatic scent is sweet, silvery and a narcotic for the senses. Burned as a ceremonial incense. -
Honey
A rich and sweet golden scent blend of floral notes. Often found in gourmand perfumes. -
Myrrh
A warm, woody, bitter scent from the oleo gum resin. Native to Ethiopia, Oman, Somalia and eastern Mediterranean. -
Patchouli
A distinctive woody fragrance with rich musk notes. One of the earthiest essential oils, from the mint family. Earthy woody aroma from leaves of this exotic Indian bush. -
Saffron
This bittersweet, soft, leathery scent is a highley prized spice. Often used as an earthy base note. -
Thyme
A classic spice used in cooking, Thyme has a spicy, leathery, herbal scent that can add depth to a perfume fragrance. -
Tobacco Leaf
A warm, rich aroma with notes of leather, maple, whiskey and caramel. Makes a rich base note for fragrances. -
Tonka Bean
One of the finest ingredients used in perfumery, often as a base note. The scent has a powdery sweet, rich caramel-like, honeyed vanilla aroma. -
Vanilla
A classic oriental note, vanilla is variety of the orchid with a powerful and sweet scent. Often used as a base note in perfumes, bath products and candles.
Musk Notes
Earthy woody and herbaceous give both warmth and brightness to fragrances.
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Agarwood Oud | Agar | Oudh | Kyara
A woody-nutty, sweet, musty scented aroma. Oud is a dark resinous heartwood secretion from Aquilaria trees in southeast Asia. The essential oil is highly prized. -
Cedarwood
A distinct woody scent with a spicy-resinous tone that often is used in the base of perfumes. -
Fig Leaf
A powdery green scent that is reminiscent of the coconut-tinged milky sap of the fig fruit. -
Fir Balsam
This tree resin has a fresh green and woody scent with a hint of dark berries. A common base note. -
Galbanum
From the resin of tall grass, a bitter green scent found in the mid notes of perfumery. -
Labdanum
A soft pine fragrance. From variety of woody herb, rockroses. -
Oakmoss
Sharp pine fragrance. Growth on oak trees. A rich earthy aroma with a distinct woody, forest-like fragrance. Common base note to add body and depth to a perfume. -
Orris
Fragrant, buttery, powdery roots that smell similar to baked bread. -
Sandalwood
A soft, sweet and woody fragrance. Used in perfumery, aromatherapy and incense. Creamy velvet aroma with slight green note. -
Styrax Benzoin
A woody fragrance. From a small shrub or tree that has fragrant bell-shaped flowers hanging below green foliage. With resinous undertone this scent is warm and sweet with a rich vanilla-like aroma. -
Vetiver
An earthy, smoky fragrance. Essential oil from an African grass root.
Note Accords
An accord is a blend of several scent notes to create a new scent, such as several florals mingled to create a bouquet.
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Aquatic Accord
Aquatic notes have a light and clean energy layer with notes like salty ocean water or warm spring rain accords, include cooling aquatic aroma with notes such as water lily or water hyacinth. -
Tea Accord
An aromatic composition of tea leaves with an earthy herbaceous scent.
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