Note

Tonka Bean

Tonka Bean appears in 6,541 perfumes, most often alongside vanilla, bergamot, lavender. Perfumes that lead with it tend to read vanilla and sweet.

In 6,541 perfumes, the leading note in 554. Usually found in the drydown.

Opening
0%
Heart
11%
Drydown
89%
Tonka beans, spilled
Tonka beans, spilled. Photo by Fred Benenson (Mecredis), CC BY-SA 3.0.

Where it leads

Perfumes in which tonka bean is the note people notice most.

Most popular with tonka bean

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

Often paired with

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

How it reads

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

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