Note

Lemon

Lemon smells sharp and bright, like freshly cut peel with tart juice and a faint sweetness. It lifts the opening of perfumes and pairs with herbs, flowers, and dry woods.

In 851 perfumes. Usually found in the opening.

Opening
100%
Heart
0%
Drydown
0%
Lemon, halved
Lemon, halved. Photo by Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Most popular with lemon

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

Often paired with

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

How it reads

Citrus and woody above all. Reaches for fresh far more often than the catalogue as a whole.

  • citrus
  • woody
  • sweet
  • fresh
  • aromatic
  • amber
  • musky
  • vanilla