Note

Leather

Leather smells dry and supple, suggesting suede, polished hides, or smoky tanning materials depending on the blend. Recreated through an accord, it usually adds texture to the heart and base beside woods, spices, and resins.

In 720 perfumes. Usually found in the drydown.

Opening
10%
Heart
26%
Drydown
64%
Leather, worn soft
Leather, worn soft. Photo by W.carter, CC0.

Most popular with leather

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

Often paired with

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

How it reads

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

  • woody
  • leather
  • sweet
  • citrus
  • balsamic
  • warm spicy
  • amber
  • vanilla