Note
Orris
Orris smells of violet-like powder, cool roots, and soft buttery wood, with a faint earthy edge. Derived from prepared iris rhizomes, it rounds out the heart and base beside flowers, musk, and woods.
In 162 perfumes. Usually found in the heart.
- Opening
- 4%
- Heart
- 54%
- Drydown
- 42%
Most popular with orris
The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.
Often paired with
Notes that show up next to orris more often than chance would predict.
How it reads
Woody and sweet above all. Reaches for powdery, iris and earthy far more often than the catalogue as a whole.
- woody
- sweet
- powdery
- citrus
- earthy
- vanilla
- iris
- musky