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%
Cardamom, split open
Cardamom, split open. Photo by Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it leads

Perfumes in which cardamom is the note people notice most.

Most popular with cardamom

The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.

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