Note

Cumin

Cumin smells warm, earthy, and pungent, with a dry spice aroma that can recall sweaty skin. Used sparingly, it adds bodily warmth to the heart and base, especially alongside rose, woods, and animalic notes.

In 64 perfumes. Usually found in the opening.

Opening
56%
Heart
31%
Drydown
14%
Found in Experimentum Crucis, Arabie and L'Autre

Most popular with cumin

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

Often paired with

Notes that show up next to cumin more often than chance would predict.

How it reads

Woody and warm spicy above all. Reaches for animalic, balsamic and earthy far more often than the catalogue as a whole.

  • woody
  • warm spicy
  • sweet
  • balsamic
  • animalic
  • earthy
  • citrus
  • aromatic