Note
Cardamom
Cardamom appears in 4,672 perfumes, most often alongside lavender, nutmeg, cinnamon. Perfumes that lead with it tend to read warm spicy and aromatic.
In 4,672 perfumes, the leading note in 462. Usually found in the opening.
- Opening
- 70%
- Heart
- 25%
- Drydown
- 5%

Where it leads
Perfumes in which cardamom is the note people notice most.

La Nuit de l'Homme
Yves Saint Laurent
2009
African Leather
Memo Paris
2015
Gris Charnel Extrait
BDK Parfums
2022
La Nuit de L'Homme Bleu Électrique
Yves Saint Laurent
2021

Intoxicated
By Kilian
2014
Liam
Lattafa Perfumes
2023
Starlight
Xerjoff
2019
Outlands
Amouage
2024
Noir Extreme Parfum
Tom Ford
2022
The Blazing Mr Sam
Penhaligon's
2018
Voyage d'Hermes
Hermès
2010
1969 Parfum de Revolte
Histoires de Parfums
2001
Al Nashama Caprice
Lattafa Perfumes
2024
Narciso Rodriguez for Him Bleu Noir
Narciso Rodriguez
2015
Most popular with cardamom
The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.

Le Male Le Parfum
Jean Paul Gaultier
2020

Layton
Parfums de Marly
2016

Crystal Noir
Versace
2004

Le Male
Jean Paul Gaultier
1995

Ombré Leather (2018)
Tom Ford
2018

Prada L'Homme
Prada
2016

CK One
Calvin Klein
1994

Sauvage Elixir
Dior
2021

Oud Wood
Tom Ford
2007

The One for Men Eau de Parfum
Dolce&Gabbana
2015

Khamrah Qahwa
Lattafa Perfumes
2023

Liquid Brun
French Avenue
2024

Santal 33
Le Labo
2011
Ani
Nishane
2019
Often paired with
Notes that show up next to cardamom more often than chance would predict.
How it reads
Warm spicy and aromatic above all. Reaches for fresh spicy far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for fruity and floral.
- warm spicy
- aromatic
- woody
- fresh spicy
- amber
- citrus
- powdery
- vanilla