Note

Musk

Musk smells soft and warm, ranging from clean skin and cotton to earthy animal warmth. In perfumes it usually forms a lasting base that softens flowers and woods.

In 1,364 perfumes. Usually found in the drydown.

Opening
11%
Heart
8%
Drydown
81%
Found in Turathi Blue, Molecule 01 and Bleu de Chanel

Most popular with musk

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

Often paired with

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

How it reads

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

  • sweet
  • woody
  • musky
  • citrus
  • vanilla
  • fruity
  • amber
  • white floral