Note
Orris Root
Prepared orris root smells powdery and violet-like, with cool earth, woody dryness, and a faint carrot-like quality. It gives the heart and base soft texture and blends with flowers, musk, and woods.
In 7 perfumes. Usually found in the heart.
- Opening
- 0%
- Heart
- 60%
- Drydown
- 40%
Most popular with orris root
The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.
Often paired with
Notes that show up next to orris root more often than chance would predict.
Too few perfumes to say.
How it reads
Woody and sweet above all. Reaches for earthy, iris and powdery far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for vanilla.
- woody
- sweet
- earthy
- powdery
- aromatic
- iris
- amber
- warm spicy