Note

Spices

Spices suggest warm, dry, or pungent aromas such as pepper, cinnamon, clove, and cardamom. Depending on the blend, they enliven the opening or warm the heart and base beside flowers, woods, and amber.

In 62 perfumes. Usually found in the opening.

Opening
74%
Heart
23%
Drydown
2%
Found in Santal de Mysore, Bois oriental and Jasmin Exclusif

Most popular with spices

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

Often paired with

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

How it reads

Woody and sweet above all. Reaches for warm spicy, balsamic and aromatic far more often than the catalogue as a whole.

  • woody
  • sweet
  • warm spicy
  • vanilla
  • balsamic
  • citrus
  • amber
  • aromatic