Note
Smoke
Smoke suggests charred wood, dry ash, and an acrid warmth that can range from airy to dense. In perfumes, smoky materials give the heart and base contrast, often alongside leather, resins, woods, and sweet notes.
In 8 perfumes. Usually found in the opening.
- Opening
- 60%
- Heart
- 0%
- Drydown
- 40%

Most popular with smoke
The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.
Often paired with
Notes that show up next to smoke more often than chance would predict.
Too few perfumes to say.
How it reads
Sweet and woody above all. Reaches for smoky, tobacco and animalic far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for citrus.
- sweet
- woody
- smoky
- amber
- balsamic
- vanilla
- fruity
- animalic