It is like sticking bright colored flowers into my army boots. Donna Karan DKNY LArtisan ParfumeurPremier Figuier 5 Eau Premiere Amouage Gold pour Femme "Thanks to new modern chypre fragrances, oakmoss is having a renaissance moment. Water lily, as a perfume ingredient, is a little like lily lite. (It actually originated in India and China, and who knew? Used in perfumes since ancient times, vetivers more popular than ever and features very, very widely in the base of fragrances because it works brilliantly as a fixative and so far, nobody seems to have come up with a satisfactory synthetic alternative. The ancient Arab perfumers were the first to capture honeys sweetness in perfumery, but today the honey featured is generally a synthetic note one thats drizzled sensually over quite a few fragrances in the past few years. Altogether pretty, airy, feminine rather than va-va-voom sexy. Nowadays, perfumers have to work ever-harder to create a point of difference. Lady Gaga Fame Giorgio Armani Sensi Cotys Chypre perfume, in 1917, popularised this type of fragrance but in fact, chypre scents, inspired by the island of Cyprus, had been beguiling people for centuries. Heres the non-scientific bit: this synthetic brilliantly copies the powdery, almondy or vanilla-y nuanaces of the beautiful purple, butterfly-magnet heliotrope flower (read about that here). Marc Jacobs Oh Lola! "Musk is the fragrance that is left behind once the other aromatic notes have disappeared. Lolita Lempicka Lolita Lempicka Serge Lutens Fleur dOranger Indian Carnation). And then theres orange itself (sometimes referred to as sweet orange, to distinguish it from the bitter, marmalade variety.). GalimardGalimard Star Chlo LoveChlo When you eat it in situ, the flesh can be lush, sweet and juicy or a touch on the bitter side. LOccitane en Provence Verbena Sorbet Frdric Malle Une Fleur de Cassie Eugenol is the main element in clove essential oil and also found in other plants, including allspice, bay, cinnamon leaf, patchouli and pimento. Water and Kephalis is very versatile, a useful weapon in a perfumers arsenal, blending beautifully with floral notes such as rose, violet, lavender, jasmine but also enhancing amber, woody and tobacco scents, to very sophisticated effect. ", Illolahia adds that, due to the cost and supply, "natural oud oil is used sparingly in Anglo perfumes and is generally reserved for niche or luxury fragrances. The gourmet food world has just discovered marshmallows, with designer marshmallows becoming available. "Bergamot is a fragrant fruit that grows on a small Italian evergreen tree called Citrus Bergamia," says Binder. ', Narcissus has been exciting perfumers for millennia. Calvin Klein Escape. According to romantic legend, the name Iris comes from the Greek rainbow goddess Irida, who used a rainbow to slide from sky to earth, bringing the will of the Olympic Gods to share with mere mortals. The flowers of the tree are wonderfully nectarous: a magnet for bees (linden honey is particularly delicious). Katy Perry Meow For many of us, geranium has an incredibly nostalgic scent: the scent of a grandmothers greenhouse, rubbing a furry-leaved plant between our fingertips. Max Mara Le Parfum "In the Aztec language, it's called 'the flower made of little bones,'" says perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux. Sandalwoods creamy sweetness is used in the base of as many as 50% of feminine perfumes. Gucci Gucci by Gucci An essential oil can be extracted from that rind, though (as well as the white flowers) producing a fragrance thats more complex than a normal orange: sweet/tart, with hints of lemon and pine. Depending on the perfumers wish, it can add a bitter allure or a creamy sweetness. Jo Malone London Pomegranate Noir Cartier Le Baiser du Dragon "Heliotrope is an herbaceous plant that produces small flowers with white, purple, or blue shades. Lolita Lempicka Lolita Lempicka Serge Lutens Santal Blanc Oscar de la Renta Oscar Este Lauder Sensuous Myrrh gets its name from the Hebrew murr or maror, which translates as bitter. Atelier Cologne Vanille Incense And as with wine, petitgrains affected by the terroir, or the soil and conditions its grown in, with each crop having a subtly different scent. Its a citrus note, often found as part of a zesty blend in colognes. But in fact, orange blossoms versatility lends itself to all kinds of fragrances so its very widely used, acting too as a natural fixative to prolong the life of will-o-the-wisp ingredients. Nez Nez Hiroshima Mon Amour. Emporio Armani Lei In tight bud, the scents lightly, almost ethereally floral; as it opens, the scent becomes pumpingly potent and intoxicating (though still with that damp greenness). Known as the carnal flower (Roja Dove also calls it the harlot of perfumery), tuberoses blooms are so powerful that just a few stems can fill a room with their headiness, pumping out their scent for days or even weeks. Dior JAdore "Orris is utterly timeless, and emerged through every single perfumery period, bringing unique nobility. The plant itself has dark green leaves and teeny flowers, followed by the star-shaped seedpods. Sisley Eau de Campagne. Birch tar can be one of the ingredients going in there. This aromatic resin is highly prized and heartwood from infected trees can cost as much as $100,000 per kilo. Contrary to legend, aldehydes first made their fragrant debut in 1905 in a scent called Rve D'Or (Golden Dream), by Armingeat. We like this comment from Perfume Shrine, a great scent blog: When people complain I cant smell a thing!, its not necessarily anosmia, but too much ionones!, Goutal La Violette Its seriously low-maintenance: the name rosemary comes from the Latin for dew (ros) and sea (marinus), because all it needs is the humidity of a sea breeze to flourish. Guerlain Elixir Charnel Gourmand Coquin Dior La Collection Couturier Parfumeur Granville Thats the zesty, lemony burst of citral, a natural aldehyde which is present in the oil of quite a few plants, including lemon myrtle, lemongrass, lemon tea tree, lemon verbena, lemons themselves, limes, as well as orange and petitgrain (the flower of the bitter orange). Fresh Love 5 Nez Nez The Unicorn Spell Creed Orange Spice In common with balsam of Peru and balsam of tolu, this is an oil tapped from a tree (Styrax benzoin, hence the two names), after deliberately damaging the bark. Nice myth, though. Nez Nez Atelier dArtiste Almost spicy, so green and sweet, with hints of lemon: thats lily of the valley and a more spring-like scent its hard to imagine. Marc Jacobs Daisy GoutalParis Grand Amour Angelica gives a musk-like, green, aromatic odour although today, its also synthesised, and used as a fixative and synergist. With its tart/sweetness, meanwhile, the blackcurrant berry is a popular ingredient in todays fruity-florals. This yummiest of fruits originates from Central Mexico (guacamole-land!). It seems to have been something of an aphrodisiac, and kickstarted a craze among the local residents for this seductive oil, which is said to have been blended with flowery sweet notes and musk. A key ingredient in old and new Arabic perfumery, renowned as an element within high-quality incense in Arabic, Japanese and Indian cultures, oudh has now definitively crossed over to the west. Tom Ford Neroli Portofino. Atelier Cologne Trefle Pure Lacoste Pour Femme Long before that, though, the bitter orange tree is thought to have been brought to Europe by the Arabs from the Middle East, when the trade routes opened up. "It's milky and sweet, without being sugary, like vanilla with a hint of caramel. Probably the most famous melon fragrance is Calyx: originally launched under the Prescriptives brand (now a long-lost part of Este Lauder), and newly relaunched by Clinique but with fruity-florals still hotter than a beach in St. Barths, there are plenty of others, Clinique Calyx A little bit birch tar-y, even tarmac-y. Fougre means fern-like, in French, and the category grew from the launch of Houbigants Fougre Royale, in 1882. Miller Harris Fleurs de Bois (Today, a synthetic coumarin is widely used.) Richard E. Grant Jack, It sounds synthetic. Half-way between a berry and a rose, wed say this note is. Lorenzo Villoresi Piper Nigrum Rosewood has been prized by carpenters and furniture makers for centuries: we know it as rock-solid, strong, darkly handsome and perfect for everything from guitars to chess pieces. Nasomatto Narcotic Venus The most The Body Shop Midnight Bakula So its always blown our minds that patchouli isnt a wood, or a root: its actually a frilly green-leafed, purple-flowered member of the mint family, called Pogostemon patchouli. Its widely used in white florals, and scents seeking to capture springtime-in-a-bottle, but because real hyacinth oil produced by a process of extraction is heart-stoppingly expensive, cant-tell-it-from-real synthetic hyacinth notes are what perfumers turn to, nowadays. LOccitane en Provence Dlice des Fleurs Goutal Eau du Sud The idea is that watery fragrances should actually should smell breezy, outdoorsy, like the mist thats in the air when we take a walk on a beach with the surf crashing against the sand. Mostly, this evocative note conjuring up images of sculptural wood cast ashore by stormy seas, and bleached by the sun makes its way into mens fragrances, or light, beach-inspired summery colognes. Gardeners cultivate these widely, albeit most successfully inside fruit cages because birds, as well as humans, just love the perfectly-ripened fruit The distilled absolute of the blackcurrant buds and leaves is known as bourgeons de cassis (say it boor-shon da cassee): a light, fruity, woody note with a slightly animalic edge. Heliotropes teamed with violets and iris for a talcum-powdery, lipstick-esque sweetness but as you may now have guessed, its actually very versatile, becoming almost mouthwatering when used alongside bitter almond, each ingredient turbo-charging the others marzipan-ish qualities. 1 That doesnt detract, though, from camellias soft, voluptuous beauty. Grs Fleur de Cabotine In summer scents, in particular, kiwi adds a refreshing sweetness. Nasomatto Black Afgano ), Bottega Veneta Bottega Veneta ', Atelier Cologne rose Anonyme Bergamot blends well with other aromatics, which is why it is so popular in fragrance.". Guerlain Insolence Christian Dior Bois d'Argent ChanelCoromandel Ylang ylang has a fruity top like a juicy crunchy pear and a body with an elegant floral softness that gives sensuality to both feminine and masculine fragrances," says Liegent. Guerlain Jicky So the legend goes, Orchis son of a satyr and a nymph (quite a combo) stumbled upon a festival of Dionysus (a.k.a. Ralph Lauren Ralph Wild Diptyque Eau Duelle Tangy or sweet, juicy or tart: more sophisticated than a strawberry, but just as lush. "I love this ingredient because it takes me to the beach. Its the rhizomes, or gnarly roots, of iris which must be left for three to five years to mature. By Kilian Incense Oud But although cannabis has a famously strong, aromatic, herbal, sometimes nutty or grassy vibe (and occasionally skunky and animalic, even), its probably present in fragrances more for its shock/publicity factor than for any genuine narcotic quality it brings. The most prized geranium of all comes from the Ile Bourbon, with its rich, green, fruity-mint rosiness. Around 70% of the rose oil in the world comes from Bulgaria; other significant producers are Turkey, Iran and Morocco, and precious, limited quantities from Grasse. LArtisan Parfumeur Mandarine Revlon Charlie Silver. ', Amouage Tribute Sensual, for sure, but again, with a more delicate touch. Jo Malone LondonWild Bluebell Oscar de la Renta Live in Love These resinous materials like myrrh, the Peru and tolu balsams, benzoin, labdanum and opoponax have been around for thousands of years, helping perfumes to stick around for longer, blending with flowers, citrus fruit and herbs. Dior Poison And did we say sexy? With a sharp balsamic-spicy, almost lemony scent, elemis invaluable as an incense ingredient and also for fixing perfumes, tethering ingredients which otherwise would fade fast. Hypnotic, heady, almost intoxicatingly sweet, tiar wafts its exotic way into white floral scents and Ambres. Maybe. Its mostly used for its good-enough-to-eat sweetness in gourmand scents - but occasionally by perfumers for extra richness in fragrances from other families. Guerlain Shalimar He was so taken with the smell of scented gloves that he asked Creed to make it into a fragrance and you can still smell that today, Boadicea the Victorious Complex Cool, green, shady: were eternally fascinated by how perfumers use scented ingredients to give a sense of temperature, through their creations. Boucheron Japur Bracelet Benzoin gives body to many perfumes (its especially widely-used in ambres) and is sweetly seductive. Its derived from a tree in Central and South America (Copaifera officinalis) and acts as a base note and fixative. Yardley Royal Diamond. Citral is pure freshness, and used for that effect. Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud Satin Mood Boadicea The Victorious Magnificent Once exclusively reserved for kings and queens, frankincense has been used in religious ceremonies, burial rituals and for embalming including for mummification. Once upon a time, dried fruits were a serious luxury, for the wealthy to enjoy in haute cuisine. Thats because it takes almost forever to produce agarwood, which is actually the resinous heart-wood from fast-growing evergreen trees usually the Aquilaria tree. (Actually, it tastes like cinnamon too.) Relics from the burning of incense, dating back thousands of years, have been uncovered by archaeologists. Antonias Flowers Floret There is an animalic, furry, dirty line. Bulgari Mon Jasmin Noir LEau Exquise Its highly skilled work, and only a few distilleries produce patchouli of a high enough quality to please a VIP nose, or creator. The scented oils obtained by cold-pressing the peel and unlike so many other plant ingredients, the aroma that you get from that process is almost exactly the natural scent of the ripe fruits peel. Este Lauder Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia Goutal ParisMyrrhe Ardente But nowadays, synthetic musks have widely replaced ambrette, on grounds of its priciness. (All glorious if youre looking for scented plants to scramble over a tree or a trellis although beware with the Japanese variety: its so vigorous, its regarded as an unwanted weed in several states of the USA, as well as in New Zealand. Perfumer and author Mandy Aftel calls it as close to heaven as we are likely to get, telling us its reminiscent of raspberry, apricot, violet and yellow freesia. Atropa Belladonna. M.Micallef Ylang in Gold Add a touch to a perfume, and it gives a bittersweet, leathery, intimate quality: a little bit earthy, but soft at the same time. Gwen Stefani L Jasmine and rose are the two foundation stones of perfumery. Can anyone whos not a trained nose tell the difference between this and an actual peach? J-Lo Glo Yardley Lily of the Valley. Plenty of people seem to find tobacco almost as addictive in perfumery as cigarettes or cigars but its a healthier way to indulge, for sure. Calvin Klein Euphoria Taylor Swift Wonderstruck Lush Orange Blossom Yves Saint Laurent Belle dOpium In traditional perfumery youd use it to blend with the top and mid notes, youd leave the mixture to macerate for months, to give it weight and depth, and to help keep the lighter molecules from flying away too rapidly. Boucheron Boucheron By Kilian Good Girl Gone Bad Chanel Chance Which is definitely the only instance of a plant getting its name from an actual fragrance: its far more usually the other way round, ChantecailleFrangipane Why not sniff that out, and let your nostrils decide what they think of Iso E Super? Guerlain Mitsouko. Do orchids smell? Certainly as elegant as a traditional lily, but with a more see-through and yes, watery quality. In perfumery, though, grass delivers a sweet, herbaceous scent maybe not quite like walking past a house where the grass has just been cut, but delivering a gust (or a whisper) of outdoorsy freshness, nonetheless. "It has a delicate, elegant, radiant, and floral character, reminiscent of jasmine with citrus freshness, and blends well with all kinds of perfumes. And its probably one of the most easily-recognised perfume ingredients of all, Dior Addict Strictly, marshmallow is also a plant: Althaea officinalis was used to cure sore throats. Technically, heliotropin the synthetic ingredient which recreates the heliotrope flower is a member of the aldehyde family of chemicals, and was first discovered in 1885. Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille, ReadThe Perfume Candy Boy's Guide to Vanilla,here. For many today people, its still a love-it-or-hate-it ingredient, evoking plenty of prejudice. Dior Oud Ispahan Diluted, blended, civet morphs into something altogether lustily musky and inviting, adding warmth and radiance to floral scents especially, and working as a fixative. Vera Wang Vera, Deadly nightshade. To the Greeks, it spelled good fortune.) Dior Diorissimo (Interior decorators, as well as perfumers, also love ginger for the sheer architecture of the plants. Certainly a note that makes our heart beat a little faster, when we smell it. Maybe thats chameleon-like heliotrope, in the blend A touch of vanilla? Watch out for peach blossom becoming a more popular perfume ingredient, as the influence of the Middle East which has made for so many heady perfumes in recent years moves East, in response to the dawning love of fragrance among the Chinese. Jo Malone London Tuberose The davana herb (a member of the silver-leafed Artemisia family) is native to India, and once its steam-distilled has a sweet, tea-like smell, reminiscent of dried fruit. Derived from the iris plant, the rare orris has a flowery, heavy, and woody aroma. Anne Marie Orsini (also known as Anna Maria de la Tremoille, and originally French), fell in love with the scent of neroli, which fragranced the air in spring. LArtisan Parfumeur Seville a lAube (Which basically means it makes some other ingredients work better together). Vera Wang Princess Night. Something else to slip into your handbag, then: different dried fruits are now recreated in perfumery fantasy ingredients (i.e. It takes over 3600 kilos of flowers to produce just half a kilo of tuberose oil, with its sweet, exotic, complex, velvety floral opulence. Guerlain LAbeille de Guerlain Originally a native of China, peaches made their way to Europe after Alexander the Great conquered the Persians and brought back a botanical trophy, Prunus persica, then known as the Persian apple. Gucci Envy Off-screen, this flowering plant flourishes further afield than the European alps, where its a protected species: edelweiss is nowadays most commonly found in Javanese mountain regions. It's okay if the answer is "not well at all." Guerlain Myrrhe & Dlires But in perfumery, it features more often as whats known as a fantasy note: a synthetic, designed to conjure up an image here, the soft, voluptuous beauty of this winter-blossoming shrub. Ralph Lauren Polo Sport Woman Keiko Mecheri Bois de Santal NB This visual is of the painting Fume dAmbergris by John Singer Sargent. In nature, daisies have a subtle, herbaceous green scent. Figs become an incredibly fashionable fragrance note for both men and women, lately, with its complex mix of bitter green and milky-sweet elements, conjuring up languid lunches in the shade of fig trees in hot, sunny places. Roja Parfums Risqu Noses know to tread v-e-r-y carefully with this most bracing, potent note which can all-too-easily conjure up mothballs, or cough medicine, or Vicks chest rub. Of those, approximately 100 different substances are known to The Scented Letter 'Fragrance For A New You' (Print Edition), We save your email and cart so we can send you reminders -. This resin is a must-have for ingredient in the chypre family of fragrances (in a marriage with patchouli, bergamot and oakmoss): rich, green, mysterious, woody. WebCommon allergens fall into the five classes as detailed below: natural rubber, fragrances, preservatives, dyes, and metals. Prada Intense Prada Actually, it was 10th Century Arabic perfumers who pioneered the use of civet (which isnt a cat at all, rather confusingly; it looks more like a spotted-and-striped possum). Diptyque Ofresia If any single ingredient can create those effects, its musk. In ancient Arabic perfumery, basil was known as the king of the fragrant plants. And so, Amaretto (the drink) was born. L'OccitaneOrange Leaves Eau de Cologne The clear, almost colourless oil is steam-distilled from the fresh or partly-dried pods, and the spiciness of the resulting oil goes especially well in Ambre-style perfumes, working well alongside cardamom, bay, coriander, lavender, neroli, orange, petitgrain, mandarin, cedarwood and rosewood. With their sweet and vanilla-y softness, quite a few gourmand fragrances list sugar as a note. Givenchy Ysatis Diptyque Do Son A fragrance can be made up of dozens or even hundreds of different chemicals. Thierry Mugler Angel, There are good pine smells, and horrid pine smells and if youve ever sat in the back of a taxi with one of those Christmas tree-scented cards dangling from the rear-view mirror, youll probably get where were coming from. There are other heady, rich, sweet flowers that can be used to add magic to perfumery, though. It might be from birch tar (which has a leathery smokiness), or juniper, aldehydes or other synthetics, designed to give a skin-like scent. (Jasmines one of the priciest ingredients in perfumery.) The tree probably gets its name from the Latin pira. Floris Tuberose The odor profile of this multifaceted material includes sweet fresh hay notes along with blond tobacco and soft, creamy nut-like nuances," says perfumer Gwen Gonzalez. Tom Ford White Patchouli, Can a fragrance really smell of water? Certainly no hot-blooded Roman, homesick for a city where rosewater bubbled through the fountains, awnings soaked in rose oil shielded VIPs in public amphitheatres from the baking sun, pillows and mattresses were stuffed with rosepetals (the better to propel the weary towards dreamland) and where rose garlands were the ultimate Roman must-have status symbol. (Although it was also used by physicians to treat fever, headache and hysteria.) Chanel Cristalle "Because they are so long-lasting, musk is often the note that lingers on the skin after all the other notes have disappeared.". Givenchy Pi In fact, there are two variietes of cardamom: earthy, smoky black cardamom and the fresher, almost minty, eucalyptus-y green cardamom. Calvin Klein Eternity The rise (and rise) of fruity scents has given a new lease of life to this fruit, once reserved for the pudding course and jam-making. A mighty tree, a mighty base note: this giant redwood member of the cypress family, which grows for thousands of years, is becoming popular in mens fragrances and a handful of womens, for its dry earthiness. When the trees are infected with a type of fungus, a black resin is produced in the heartwood. A little dry, but with hints of pine in there, too. Jo Malone London English Pear & Freesia A white-flowering bush or tree found in Haiti and South America, amyris is often used as a less-expensive substitute for sandalwood. Were half-way to falling in love with this ingredient for its exotic name, never mind the sweetly floral, vanilla-y fragrance which can be so captivating, in a perfume. Juliette Has A Gun Midnight Oud In China and Japan, its a national emblem and known as the king of the flowers. Guavas themselves, we find, dont travel well: best enjoyed in a tropical setting at the peak of their ripeness. Dior Hypnotic Poison Este Lauder Sensuous Supremely versatile, it blends exquisitely with cloves, lavender, geranium, jasmine, galbanum, frankincense, black pepper, jasmine and patchouli; it works as a fixative, tetheringother ingredients and keeping them true, in a composition. Of all the fragrance ingredients out there, lavenders probably the most widely recognised (even if blindfolded) for its soothing, calming aromatic qualities. (We think of it as cheerfulness, bottled. The fruit of Ribes rubrum itself, though, is fruity, green and tart, often incorporated into a cocktail of fruity notes which are then woven mostly into fruity-florals: that category of perfumes whose star has been in the ascendant, in recent years often fresh, youthful and vibrant. A highly important ingredient in perfumes. Caron Farnesiana Whoosh! Frederic Malle En Passant It has fruity undertones (peachy, pear-y, banana-y, apple-y), but complements white flowers wonderfully. GivenchyXeryus Indole is sexy, powerful, intense va-va-voom, in a bottle. Sprinkle it on your smoked salmon. Ancient Arab perfumers were seduced by sandalwoods sweet magic long, long ago: in pulverised or sawdust form, it formed the base of solid perfumes and incense. Memo Moon Safari Its a harvest for patient souls: juniper berries (which can be blue, red-brown or orange) take three years to ripen, and are steam-distilled to release their pungency. Nina Ricci LAir Osmanthus also works beautifully in leathery, suede-like scents, as well as florals. L.VilloresPiper Negrum. Carolina Herrera 212 Sexy The daisy gets its name from the old English: days eye because the flowers open up at dawn, and close at dusk. All refer to small herb, which somehow manages to thrive in the most inhospitable, rocky, sun-baked zones in southern Europe. 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