Notes & Nuances

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Amaretto: Description: gourmand, almond, liquorice, creamy, sweet, nutty; Scent Signature: A blend of creamy almonds with hints of booze. Amaretto offers a gourmand and intoxicating elixir enhanced by pistachio and nutty tones.; Note Nuggets: Amaretto (Italian for "a little bitter") is a sweet, almond-flavored liqueur first created in Saronno, Italy. Amaretto can be drunk as-is as a cordial or can be added to coffee or other beverages to make popular drinks. In fragrance, amaretto notes add a nutty sweetness with hints of licorice.

Amber: Description: warm, sensual, exotic, musky, soft, slightly sweet, slightly spicy, amber; Scent Signature: Amber is associated with sweet, spicy, and aromatic notes that are evocative of exotic places, opulent jewelry, and warm memories. It's warmth and subtle sweetness evoke a sense of comfort and indulgence to perfectly match the mood of fall and winter.; Note Nuggets: Amber is made from fossilized tree resin. Remember the mosquito in Jurassic Park? Used throughout human history for jewelry, medicine, and more, the actual scent we now refer to as "amber" is more of an emulation of the rich, golden appearance of amber as the resin itself has little or no aroma.

Amyris: Description: woody, balsamic, spicy, leathery; Scent Signature: Amyris is used in woody and spicy accords to give a warm woody note. Interesting for its reminiscent sandalwood undertone.; Note Nuggets: Amyris is distilled from a small bushy tropical evergreen tree, Amyris balsamifera, indigenous to Haiti. It also grows wild in the Bahoruco Forest of the Dominican Republic.

Balsam: Description: sweet, rich, warm, balsamic, fresh, woody, resinous; Scent Signature: From crushed fir needles, balsam sap has a resinous, fresh, fruity aroma reminiscent of spruce. It's slightly sweet with a grounding, woody character.; Note Nuggets: The Balsam fir is one of the most fragrant conifer trees, making it the most popular Christmas tree variety.

Benzoin: Description: vanilla, cinnamon, sweet, smooth; Scent Signature: Benzoin has warm, balsamic, and vanilla facets. It is sweet and delicate, with a slightly cinnamic profile.; Note Nuggets: Benzoin is mainly sourced from South-East Asia. This balsamic resin is extracted from the sap of the Styrax benzoin, a tree that grows wild in tropical forests. Locally viewed as having powerful healing properties, it is used to treat skin disorders and conditions.

Bergamot: Description: citrus, floral, spicy, dry, aldehydic, fruity; Scent Signature: With its citrus, green, floral, and solar notes, Bergamot is reminiscent of the warm Mediterranean sun. Aromatic floral tones enrich the energizing citrus freshness of bergamot and brings a sweet freshness to a fragrance.; Note Nuggets: The fruit is a cross between the pear lemon and the Seville orange or grapefruit. While bergamot is a key ingredient in modern perfumery, growers still respect ancestral methods, and harvesting is done by hand. The name is derived from the city of Bergamo in Lombardy, Italy, where the oil was first sold.

Blackberry: Description: fruity, red fruit, musky; Scent Signature: A velvety blend of red fruity notes and musky undertones. Raspberry and musk notes are perfectly balanced.; Note Nuggets: Probably originating from the mountains of the Caucasus in Asia Minor, the blackberry was very likely part of the diet of early hunter-gatherers during the Neolithic era. Blackberries were discovered to be part of the last meal of the Haraldskær Woman, the preserved bog body of a Danish woman dating back 2,500 years ago.

Cantaloupe: Description: fruity, melon, sweet, green, watery.; Scent Signature: A fresh and sweet fruity aquatic note.; Note Nuggets: When you spritz a scent and get an aquatic hit of melon, it’s probably not actually the melon you smell – that so-refreshing summer fruit – but an ingredient called ‘calone’, one of the best-known synthetic ingredients in a perfumer’s arsenal. Launched in the 1990s, calone recreates the honey-like, watery qualities of the delectable fruit, which is a relation of squashes and cucumbers found in Africa and southwest Asia. The availability of this synthetic ingredient has probably helped to shape the trend for aquatic fragrances, as well as for fruity florals.

Camphor: Description: fresh, aromatic, herbal, cooling, camphor, pine, balsamic; Scent Signature: Camphor has a strong and long-lasting smell. It is fresh, herbal, and aromatic with a 'cooling' facet.; Note Nuggets: Camphor is a common ingredient in many pain balms.

Caramel: Description: gourmand, sugary, salty, caramel, creamy; Scent Signature: Caramel has a playful, addictive quality both sugary and salty, delightfully textural with its elastic and mellow sensations.; Note Nuggets: The caramel note in the perfumery industry owes its development to the success of Angel (Thierry Mugler's first fragrance in 1992) which led to the creation of a new olfactive family named Oriental gourmand or Gourmand.

Carnation: Description: sweet, spicy, floral, clove, bright; Scent Signature: A spicy floral scent with a clove-like undertone, bright and vivid.; Note Nuggets: In modern times, carnations are considered a little basic—think homecoming boutonnières. But carnations have a long history! They were cultivated by Ancient Romans and Greeks 2,000+ years ago, making them one of the oldest-grown flowers in the world.

Cedar: Description: balsamic, woody, soft, cooling, musky; Scent Signature: Cedar has a strong woody note, yet is warm and spicy. It is often used in blend with other “woods” to give a rich natural and powerful masculine effect in composition.; Note Nuggets: Cedarwood oil, extracted from the foliage, woods, and roots of the cedar tree, was widely used in historical perfumery. Ancient Sumerians used cedarwood oil as a base for paints, and ancient Egyptians used it in embalming practices.

Cherry: Description: fruity, red fruit, sweet, almond; Scent Signature: A deliciously fruity sweet cherry note. It is sweet and juicy and adds an almond facet to a fragrance.; Note Nuggets: The cherries we commonly eat are derived primarily from two species, the Wild Cherry (Prunus avium), which has given rise to the Sweet Cherry to which most cherry cultivars belong, and the Sour Cherry or Morello Cherry (Prunus cerasus), used mainly for cooking and jam.

Cherry Blossom: Description: subtle, white floral, powdery, delicate; Scent Signature: Cherry blossoms have a sweet and delicate floral scent. It is fresh and subtle with powdery notes.; Note Nuggets: Bath & Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom became an iconic fragrance in the US, driving the trend across the market that remains strong today.

Citrus: Description: acidulous, bitter, bright, fresh, juicy, sparkling, tonic, zesty; Scent Signature: Fresh and bright citruses include bergamot, mandarin, orange, lemon, lime, and petitgrain.; Note Nuggets: The Citrus family, historically renowned as “Eaux de Cologne”, is composed of traditional citrus essences such as bergamot, mandarin, orange, lemon, lime, and petitgrain. Ingredients and fragrances from this family are characterized by their diffusive freshness and brightness. Citrus are often combined with floral, chypre, or even aromatic notes to enhance their fresh sparkling aspects. These perfumes, light and fresh, constitute the ideal family for a unisex fragrance.

Coconut: Description: fruity, exotic, coconut, lactonic, milky, creamy, gourmand; Scent Signature: Smooth, creamy note with addictive freshness and gourmand milky texture of this exotic fruit.; Note Nuggets: Botanically, coconut is a drupe and not a nut. The term "coconut" dates back to the 16th century. It derives from the Spanish and Portuguese word "coco," respectively meaning "a grin" and "a monkey face" due to the slight resemblance with a human face or a monkey head because of the three tiny indentations on the hairy shell.

Coconut Milk: Description: fruity, coconut, lactonic, sweet, vanilla; Scent Signature: A deep dive into the delicious creaminess of coconut milk. Intensely wrapping, with vanillic tones and a delicate fruity touch.; Note Nuggets: Coconut milk is obtained by grating the white inner flesh of a coconut which is mixed with a small amount of water or milk until frothy to suspend the fat present. Then the mixture is strained through a cheesecloth, squeezing out as much liquid as possible. The coconut milk is then refrigerated and allowed to set.

Coffee: Description: gourmand, coffee, toasted, woody; Scent Signature: Intensely gourmand and contrasting, lying between softness and strength.; Note Nuggets: Coffee beans are the fruit of a small tree cultivated in Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Mexico, and Kenya, among others. Today, Colombia and Africa are the main producers. The earliest credible evidence of either coffee drinking or knowledge of the coffee tree appears in the middle of the 15th century, in Yemen's Sufi monasteries. Coffee beans were first exported from Ethiopia to Yemen. Yemeni traders brought coffee back to their homeland and started cultivating the beans.

Cream: Description: creamy, vanilla, gourmand, sweet; Scent Signature: A gourmand scent with hints of vanilla and warm sugar notes.; Note Nuggets: The world record for the tallest dollop of whipped cream on a mug of hot chocolate is just over 18cm.

Cucumber: Description: green, watery, salty, aldehydic.; Scent Signature: Crunchy green and aquatic, cucumber is intensely watery, developing a vivid freshness infused with salty and aldehydic accents.; Note Nuggets: Cucumber is an herbaceous garden plant from the same family as the African gourd, melon or squash (Cucurbitaceae family); grown for its fruit and is eaten as a vegetable. The plant, which grew naturally at the foot of the Himalayas, was domesticated for the first time in India at least 3,000 years ago.

Dark Musk: Description: animalic, clean, comfortable, longlasting, powdery, round, sexy, soft; Scent Signature: Heavier, more sensual musk notes. (see musk); Note Nuggets: Traditionally, musks were extracted from animals musk deers and African civets. In modern perfumery, it is possible to replicate these same musk aromas without the need to harvest from animals.

Eucalyptus: Description: green, aromatic, woody, forest, sharp, risemart, mint, honey, citrus, airy; Scent Signature: Fresh and herbal, a camphoric note with a sticky resinous bottom effect.; Note Nuggets: The eucalyptus tree is native to Australia, and are the primary food source of the koala. Eucalyptus essential oil has been used in Indigenous Australian medicine as an antibacterial and anti-fungal agent for centuries.

Frankincense/Olibanum: Description: earthy, woody, piney, balsamic, soft, sweet, citrus; Scent Signature: With a sweet, woody and balsamic undertone, Olibanum offers a green, terpenic, citrusy, peppery and resinous profile. Sensual and rich, the note is typically amber.; Note Nuggets: The genus Boswellia is used to describe any of the varieties of trees that produce frankincense resin, and is native to the Arabian Peninsula and northeastern Africa. It has been used for a variety of medicinal, ceremonial, and religious purposes for over 5000 years.

Freesia: Description: floral, linalool, delicate; Scent Signature: Delicate flowers with a sweet, airy scent. One of the world's most popular flowers. It brings a nice floral linalool like transparency in compositions.; Note Nuggets: Freesia was discovered in South Africa, in the Cape Colony. Also known as the “Cape lily-of-the-valley”, the name “Freesia” was assigned to the flower in 1830 by botanic Ecklon, a collector of plants in South Africa. The name was chosen in honor of his friend, the German doctor F. Freese. Freesia is a symbol of unconditional love, innocence and resistance. The flower symbolises the 7th year of marriage in some cultures.

Gardenia: Description: floral, white flower, fruity, green, animalic, spicy; Scent Signature: An opulent and creamy white floral signature with a fruity green character and sensual woody undertones.; Note Nuggets: The common name Cape jasmine comes from the mistaken idea that the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa was the gardenia's homeland. Along with the magnolia, gardenia is a traditional symbol of the American Deep South.

Green Floral: Description: green, floral, grass, fresh, tart; Scent Signature: Green notes of grass and leaves introduce freshness and tartness in a floral composition, and leave an impression of freshly picked flowers.; Note Nuggets: Chanel N°19 is one of the most well-known green floral perfumes. The powdery, bright, green floral perfume, created by Henri Robert, commemorates Coco Chanel’s birthday, August 19.

Green Leaves: Description: green, fresh, aromatic, crisp, sharp; Scent Signature: Fresh lively and crisp notes that evoke snapped leaves, foliage and green vegetal scents.; Note Nuggets: The minty, oily or sharp smells produced when you crush a leaf or stem also play a defensive role against some predators. The strong bitter scent works to deter pests like aphids, slugs or even bigger animals.

Honeydew Melon: Description: fruity, sweet, melon, green.; Scent Signature: A sweet fruity melon with a hint of green and floral notes.; Note Nuggets: Honeydew melons are the third most cultivated melon in the world.

Honeysuckle: Description: floral, white flower, creamy, jasmine, orange blossom, salicylic; Scent Signature: A radiant and delicate white floral note. Honeysuckle develops a generous creamy floralcy with salicylic tones, reminiscent of jasmine and orange blossom.; Note Nuggets: The Japanese Honeysuckle is a twining vine with bell-shaped flowers that produce a sweet edible nectar. Flowers and dried leaves are of high medicinal value in traditional Chinese medicine. Honeysuckle has become an invasive exotic weed in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and much of the United States.

Incense: Description: aromatic, wood, spicy, resin, sweet, smoky; Scent Signature: Incense usually refers to olibanum or frankincense, with a deep smoky note.; Note Nuggets: The use of incense dates back to Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome. The gum was imported to Egypt from Arab and Somali coasts and used as a fragrance and in religious ceremonies.

Jasmine: Description: floral, powerful, sweet, animalic; Scent Signature: Jasmine's elegantly curved leaves and delicate white petals provide a floral, sweet, and slightly animalic fragrance. The fragility of this flower's blooms contrasts with the astonishing power of its scent.; Note Nuggets: Jasmine is a genus of plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. There are over 200 species of jasmine, including both deciduous and evergreen varieties, but the most commonly grown species is Jasminum officinale.

Lavender: Description: aromatic, floral, herbaceous, fruity, woody, balsamic; Scent Signature: Lavender has a fresh, slightly fruity, herbaceous floral quality with woody camphorous accents. Its soft balsamic and hay-like coumarin notes create an intense roundness.; Note Nuggets: Bees and butterflies love lavender as much as we do! Lavender's nectar-rich flowers provide an important food source for pollinators. This fragrance flower is such a draw for pollinators that it's used to help increase crop yields in nearby gardens!

Leather: Description: woody, earthy, aromatic, natural, smoky, velvety; Scent Signature: Leather has a smoky, velvety, and woody scent that adds a warm "second skin" effect to fragrances.; Note Nuggets: We can actually attribute many qualities of leather's scent to the perfumery materials used during the tanning process. Woods like cedar and birch, smoky resins like styrax and labdanum, and patchouli and vetiver were often used to turn the unpleasant scent of freshly tanned natural leather into a more agreeable aroma.

Lemon: Description: citrus, bright, clean, sharp, fresh, acidic; Scent Signature: Fresh and fruity, lemon notes add a juicy, sharp citrus quality that brightens and uplifts.; Note Nuggets: Lemon oil became one of the most popular ways to mask unpleasant odors during the Victorian era, when cleanliness and hygiene were highly valued. People grew so fond of lemon's fresh, clean scent that some even carried a vial of lemon oil to freshen up throughout the day, and it was widely used in cleaning products and air fresheners.

Lemon Peel: Description: citrus, zesty, bitter, bright; Scent Signature: Lemon peel is slightly bitter and tangy. In comparison to lemon notes, lemon peel is less sharp and more reflective of the flavor of lemon without its acidic bite.; Note Nuggets: Lemon peel is used in a variety of culinary dishes, from sweet to savory, often in the form of lemon zest. Its citrusy quality helps balance and add brightness to more decadent flavors like cream-based pasta dishes or desserts.

Light Musk: Description: animalic, clean, comfortable, long-lasting, powdery, round, sexy, soft; Scent Signature: While still animalic and sensual, light musk notes feature a more clean and powdery profile than dark musk. (see musk); Note Nuggets: Light musk is often called a "skin scent" because it mimics the soft scent of clean skin. Slightly sweet and powdery, light musk is often subtle, romantic, and sensual.

Lilac: Description: floral, powdery, green, heliotrope, sweet, strong, fresh; Scent Signature: A rich floral with powdery and green notes.; Note Nuggets: The common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) originated in Eastern Europe. This species and its hybrids were so frequently grown and selected by French nurseries that France became synonymous with fine lilacs, now known as French hybrids.

Lily of the Valley: Description: fresh, light, watery, floral, jasmine, crisp, green; Scent Signature: Lily of the Valley is a delicate white floral note with watery and green qualities.; Note Nuggets: Lily of the Valley is often associated with the month of May and is sometimes called the "May Lily" or the "May Bells." It typically blooms in late spring and has been used to symbolize the renewal and new beginnings associated with the season.

Mango: Description: fruity, exotic, green, sweet, sugary, juicy, crisp; Scent Signature: Mango is fruity, exotic, and sweet with a crisp texture. This tropical fruit strikes a harmonious balance between green and milky tones, reminiscent of juicy peaches.; Note Nuggets: Mango is originally from India, where it has been cultivated for over 4,000 years. Over time, this delectable fruit spread its influence to other regions, being introduced to Jamaica, later Tahiti, and eventually making its way to Brazil.

Milk: Description: creamy, milky, sweet, gourmand, lactonic; Scent Signature: Milk has a creamy, lactonic, slightly acidic aroma with a smooth, subtle sweetness.; Note Nuggets: Cleopatra was known to bathe in milk and honey as part of her beauty regimen. In ancient Egypt, milk was believed to have beauty-enhancing properties.

Musk: Description: animalic, clean, comfortable, long-lasting, powdery, round, sexy, soft; Scent Signature: Musky notes are animalic, skin-like, and sensual. This popular note adds depth and longevity to fragrances and has a familiar yet abstract, interesting quality. While traditionally sourced from a gland on the abdomen of the musk deer, this practice is now illegal and most modern musk notes are synthetic.; Note Nuggets: Professor Leopold Ruzicka, a Nobel Prize-winning Croatian-Swiss chemist, analyzed the composition of animal-derived musk and discovered molecules with warm, soft, powdery, round tones. He then became the first to synthesize musk molecules, making it possible to make musk fragrances without animals—a discovery still hugely important to the fragrance industry today.

Myrrh: Description: sweet, ambery, balsamic, smoky; Scent Signature: Myrrh is sweet with warm, spicy tones and hints of licorice. Smoky undertones and a distinctly sharp balsamic quality add to its unique aroma.; Note Nuggets: Myrrh is a natural resin or gum obtained from the bark of trees in the Commiphora genus, native to the Arabian Peninsula, East Africa, and parts of Asia. When their bark is cut or injured, these trees produce a resin or gum, which hardens into a fragrant, reddish-brown substance. Myrrh was traded along the ancient spice routes to Egypt, Greece, and Rome.

Neroli: Description: sweet, floral, green, refreshing, bright, fresh; Scent Signature: Neroli is powerful, sweet with green and honey notes and sometimes with animalic facets. It gives a very addictive orange blossom effect to floral notes.; Note Nuggets: Neroli's name is said to come from Princess Anne Maria de La Trémoille of Nerola, Italy, who fell in love with the striking fragrance and introduced it to her homeland.

Oakmoss: Description: mossy, earthy, marine, green, musky; Scent Signature: Oakmoss is woody, mossy, slightly sweet, and long-lasting, with a distinct marine seaweed facet.; Note Nuggets: Despite its name, oakmoss is not actually a moss but a type of lichen found in many different regions around the world.

Orange: Description: citrus, bright, zesty, juicy, fruity; Scent Signature: Fresh and tangy orange has a bright, citrusy, and sweet aroma. It's often associated with cleanliness, and many find the scent of orange to be uplifting and refreshing.; Note Nuggets: Citrus fruits like oranges contain small pockets of liquid which burst upon contact, releasing a jet of strong-smelling oil into the air. This phenomenon attracts animals that help spread the seeds of the fruit as far as possible.

Orange Blossom: Description: green, floral, sweet, fruity, petal, white floral; Scent Signature: The aroma of orange blossom is sweet and delicate with a hint of citrus.; Note Nuggets: When spring arrives, you can see orange blossoms in abundance around the Mediterranean Sea, from Italy to Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia.

Oud: Description: woody, ambery, leathery, animalic, smoky, earthy, musky; Scent Signature: Oud is rich, complex, and extremely long-lasting. Warm amber tones combine with spicy, animalic, and leather qualities, resulting in a sensual, woody, and slightly musky scent.; Note Nuggets: Oud, also known as agarwood or aloeswood, is obtained from the Aquilaria tree, native to Southeast Asia, India, and Bangladesh. When the Aquilaria tree becomes infected with a certain type of mold, it produces a resinous substance that changes the composition of the wood and gives it a distinctive aroma.

Ozone: Description: ozonic, fresh, watery, clean; Scent Signature: Ozone notes add the freshness of water, with the feeling of electric charge in the air. Ozone can smell watery, with sweet fresh melon notes and floral undertones. It brings intense and lasting freshness as well as cleanliness to fragrances.; Note Nuggets: You know the smell of rainstorms in the distance? That’s ozone. Lightning can split nitrogen and oxygen molecules in the atmosphere, which later form ozone. Ozone has a distinct smell that’s often described as clean, sharp, and vaguely similar to chlorine.

Patchouli: Description: woody, camphorated, green, earthy, mossy, balsamic, powdery; Scent Signature: Patchouli's aroma is woody, earthy, and slightly sweet with powdery undertones.; Note Nuggets: Patchouli is native to tropical Asia, where it is widely cultivated and has been used for centuries for its essential oil.

Peach: Description: fruity, lactonic, creamy, velvety, juicy, ripe fruit; Scent Signature: Peach is juicy and fruity with creamy lactonic elements.; Note Nuggets: Peach is native to China and grows in temperate and Mediterranean regions. Their fuzzy skin helps protect them from pests and other environmental factors.

Pear: Description: fruity, pear, green, crispy, sweet; Scent Signature: Pear's fruity aroma is juicy, crunchy, watery, and green. It adds a fresh, ripe sweetness to fragrances.; Note Nuggets: Flemish flower and fruit paintings from the 15th to 17th century often featured pears. The fruit was also a favorite subject of Vincent van Gogh, who painted both pear trees and the fruit itself.

Peppercorn: Description: spicy, fresh, smoky, woody; Scent Signature: Peppercorn is spicy, smoky, and woody. It brings fresh, zingy tones to fragrances and is a great way to add interest to floral or fruity compositions.; Note Nuggets: Peppercorns are the fruit of a vine that belongs to the Piperaceae family. Green peppercorns are unripe, while black peppercorns are cooked and dried. White peppercorns come from mature fruit with the skin removed. Red peppercorns are rare and come from fully mature fruit.

Petitgrain: Description: green, floral, leafy, citrus; Scent Signature: Petitgrain has a citrussy, green leaf and floral scent. Especially used with floral, white flowers and orange blossom accords.; Note Nuggets: Petitgrain is derived from the French term "petit grain," which translates to "little grain." This term originally referred to the small, unripe fruit of citrus trees that was utilized to extract petitgrain essential oil.

Pineapple: Description: fruity, exotic, pineapple, sweet, lactonic, tart; Scent Signature: Fruity and juicy pineapple offers an tropical experience full of sweetness with a slightly milky effect and hints of tartness.; Note Nuggets: The name pineapple comes from the similarity of the fruit to a pine cone. The pineapple is a symbol of hospitality and can often be seen in carved decorations.

Plum: Description: fruity, plum, berry, honey; Scent Signature: Plum is rich, sweet, and fruity with ripe berry and honey notes.; Note Nuggets: Plums are part of the Rosaceae family, along with peaches and apricots. Most of the plums cultivated in the United States are hybrids originating from the Japanese plum.

Powder: Description: soft, gentle, subtle, fresh, dry, clean; Scent Signature: Powdery scents are soft, clean, and enveloping.; Note Nuggets: Dusting powders were used to absorb sweat and odor in the early twentieth century. As a result, the scent of powder became associated with freshness, luxury, and sophistication.

Rose: Description: floral, sensual, powdery, romantic, sweet; Scent Signature: The traditional aroma of rose is sweet, floral, and romantic with warm and slightly spicy undertones.; Note Nuggets: The roses most commonly used in perfumery are the Turkish rose, the Damask rose, and the Centifolia rose from Grasse.

Rum: Description: gourmand, woody, liquorous, fruity; Scent Signature: Woody and ambery, rum brings a charismatic alcohol note with fruity, oak wood, and bourbon vanilla accents.; Note Nuggets: Rum is a spirit obtained from sugar cane fermentation and is believed to have first appeared either in India or China.

Sandalwood: Description: woody, creamy, sweet, balsamic, cedar, warm, spicy; Scent Signature: Sandalwood has a rich wood tonality with soft, creamy, and sweet accents. Its creamy and woody character brings roundness and sensuality to fragrance blends.; Note Nuggets: The earliest records of sandalwood in Ayurvedic texts are estimated to date back as far as 500 BCE, making sandalwood oil one of the most ancient fragrance ingredients still used today.

Sea Salt: Description: marine, oceanic, aromatic, watery, salty; Scent Signature: Sea salt combines airy, salty, watery, and oceanic notes and evokes the feeling of refreshing oceanside salt air.; Note Nuggets: Most people agree that time on the beach boosts their mood, and salt air may be a factor. Sea salt in the water charges the oceanside air with negative ions, which are thought to positively impact mood and energy. So if you're someone who just loves the beach, salty air could be a contributing factor!

Smoke: Description: smoky, woody, warm, dry; Scent Signature: Smoke notes exude the resinous, woody, smoldering warmth of glimmering coals.; Note Nuggets: Smoke notes are often used to evoke nostalgia, like sitting fireside in a cabin or gathering with friends around a firepit or a campfire.

Spearmint: Description: minty, aromatic, herbaceous, sweet, fresh, sharp; Scent Signature: Spearmint has a pleasant aromatic, sweet and minty facet. It brings freshness and uplifting characteristics to a fragrance.; Note Nuggets: Peppermint has a stronger, more intense flavor than spearmint, which has a slightly sweeter taste and a more subtle cooling effect.

Strawberry: Description: fruity, red fruit, fresh, juicy, sweet.; Scent Signature: Strawberry has a juicy, fruity gourmand signature with a fresh sweetness reminiscent of summertime.; Note Nuggets: Despite their name, Strawberries are not true berries. Instead, a strawberry is an aggregate fruit made up of multiple achenes, each of which has a seed on the outside. Other fruits like raspberries, blackberries, and boysenberries are also aggregate fruits.

Sugar: Description: sweet, gourmand, sugary, powdery; Scent Signature: The scent of sugar is sweet and gourmand with characteristics similar to caramel.; Note Nuggets: The amounts and types of sugars plants produce vary based on climate, soil type, and genetics. Some plants are known for their sugar production, such as sugarcane, sugar beets, maple trees (for maple syrup), and agave plants (for agave nectar).

Tangerine: Description: zesty, citrus, juicy, orange, bright, sweet, fruity; Scent Signature: Tangerine is zesty, sweet, and fruity with hints of neroli and honey.; Note Nuggets: A tangerine tree is much smaller than most of the other citrus fruit trees.

Tonka Bean: Description: sweet, spicy, nutty, herbaceous, woody, vanilla, tobacco, warm, seductive; Scent Signature: The scent of tonka bean is deep, warm, and sweet with hints of caramel, almond, vanilla, and clove.; Note Nuggets: Tonka beans are actually seeds. They come from the flowering tree Dipteryx odorata, native to South America.

Tuberose: Description: floral, white flower, green, spicy, fruity, lactonic, jasmine, animalic; Scent Signature: Tuberose is a distinctive white floral with lactonic tones. Spicy and warm, it has a fruity green top and animalic, honey-like undertones reminiscent of jasmine and orange flower.; Note Nuggets: Tuberose is said to smell more powerful after dark, and there's truth to this legend! Also known as Polianthes tuberosa, tuberose is pollinated by moths instead of bees or butterflies. To attract the nocturnal moths, the tuberose flower emits a more potent scent at night.

Vanilla: Description: warm, aromatic, gourmand, sweet, rich, comforting; Scent Signature: Vanilla has a rich, sweet, and gourmand aroma that's familiar and comforting, with cocooning notes of caramel.; Note Nuggets: Vanilla is the only edible fruit of the orchid family, the largest family of flowering plants in the world.

Vetiver: Description: woody, earthy, rooty, smoky, nutty, powdery; Scent Signature: Vetiver has an earthy, smoky, and powdery character. It's often used in compositions to enhance woody and leathery notes, but is also a fantastic complement to marine/ozonic, green, and citrus fragrances.; Note Nuggets: Vetiver oil is made from the roots of the vetiver plant, a type of perennial grass native to India. The roots of vetiver are known for their strength and depth and are often used in soil conservation and land rehabilitation projects.

Ylang Ylang: Description: floral, white floral, opulent, sweet, spicy, exotic; Scent Signature: Ylang Ylang (pronounced ee-lang ee-lang) is floral, sweet, and warm. With its spicy and exotic vibes, this romantic floral is an excellent choice for those who aren't typically fans of floral notes. For perfumers, the Ylang Ylang flower is a composition in itself.; Note Nuggets: Ylang Ylang is a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia and translates to "flower of flowers" in Tagalog, a language of the Philippines. A favorite of perfumers for centuries, Ylang Ylang's popularity made its way West when one of the most iconic perfumes in history, Chanel No. 5, was released in 1921.

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