Note
Frankincense
Frankincense resin smells fresh, lemony, and pine-like, with dry balsamic depth and a smoky aroma when burned. Its oil can brighten the opening while resinous materials deepen the heart and base alongside woods, spices, and amber accords.
In 103 perfumes. Usually found in the drydown.
- Opening
- 18%
- Heart
- 24%
- Drydown
- 58%
Most popular with frankincense
The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.
Often paired with
Notes that show up next to frankincense more often than chance would predict.
How it reads
Woody and balsamic above all. Reaches for aromatic, animalic and warm spicy far more often than the catalogue as a whole.
- woody
- balsamic
- sweet
- citrus
- aromatic
- warm spicy
- amber
- animalic