Note
Civet
Civet smells intensely animalic and fecal when concentrated, becoming warmer and musky at very low levels. Modern perfumes often use reconstructed versions to add depth to floral hearts and lasting warmth to the base.
In 75 perfumes. Usually found in the drydown.
- Opening
- 6%
- Heart
- 13%
- Drydown
- 81%
Most popular with civet
The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.
Fleurs d'oranger
Serge Lutens
Opus V Woods Symphony
Amouage
Gold Man
Amouage
Gold Woman
Amouage
Amphorae 27
Xerjoff
Alexandria II Anniversary
Xerjoff
Kemi
Xerjoff
Profumi D'Art 04 the One and Only Oud
Armaf
Diaghilev
Roja Dove
Chypré Extraordinaire
Roja Dove
Roja
Roja Dove
Snowy Owl
Zoologist Perfumes
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Zoologist Perfumes
Hyrax
Zoologist Perfumes
Often paired with
Notes that show up next to civet more often than chance would predict.
How it reads
Woody and sweet above all. Reaches for animalic, balsamic and musky far more often than the catalogue as a whole.
- woody
- sweet
- animalic
- balsamic
- musky
- citrus
- floral
- vanilla