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%
Incense smoke, rising
Incense smoke, rising. Photo by Andrzej Barabasz (Chepry), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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