SHDJXG

Note encyclopedia

172 materials, one page each

Perfumery is a materials discipline. Learn how a raw material behaves — where it comes from, how fast it evaporates, what it does to everything around it — and fragrance stops being guesswork.

Bergamot

23 uses

Citrus

Sparkling, slightly bitter citrus with a floral-tea edge; it lifts an opening without adding sweetness.

Vanilla

19 uses

Gourmand

Warm, sweet, balsamic and slightly boozy; a fixative that slows the evaporation of everything above it.

Amber

16 uses

Amber & Resin

Warm, sweet, powdery and glowing; the connective tissue of most oriental compositions.

Cedar

16 uses

Woody

Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness; it gives structure and keeps sweet notes from turning syrupy.

Jasmine

16 uses

Floral

Rich, indolic white floral: honeyed, slightly animalic, with a fruity-tea shimmer.

Musk

16 uses

Musk & Animalic

Skin-like, warm, slightly soapy or milky; it blurs edges and extends every other note.

Patchouli

16 uses

Woody

Earthy, damp, faintly chocolate-like and inky; molecular distillation gives the clean 'purple' patchouli of modern perfumery.

Sandalwood

15 uses

Woody

Creamy, milky, soft wood with a lactonic sweetness; it rounds sharp edges.

Tonka Bean

11 uses

Gourmand

Almond-tobacco-hay sweetness with a marzipan warmth; softer and drier than vanilla.

Vetiver

10 uses

Woody

Smoky, rooty, grapefruit-bitter earthiness; the most 'masculine-coded' woody-root note.

Mandarin Orange

9 uses

Citrus

Benzoin

8 uses

Amber & Resin

Sweet, vanillic, slightly smoky; a soft fixative for oriental bases.

Black Currant

7 uses

Fruity

Tart, sulphurous-fruity, cat-like at high dose; a modern fruity-chypre signature.

Cardamom

7 uses

Spicy

Cool, camphoraceous, green-spicy; adds lift without heat.

Incense

7 uses

Amber & Resin

Cool, lemony-terpenic smoke turning dry, dusty and sacred.

Lemon

7 uses

Citrus

Bright, tart, brief; the fastest-fading common top note.

Ambroxan

6 uses

Musk & Animalic

Dry, mineral, salty-woody radiance with a skin-like transparency.

Labdanum

6 uses

Amber & Resin

Honeyed, leathery, balsamic and animalic; the dark backbone of amber accords.

Nutmeg

6 uses

Spicy

Oud

6 uses

Woody

Barnyard, medicinal, leathery and sweet-woody depending on origin and distillation.

Pink Pepper

6 uses

Spicy

Rose

6 uses

Floral

Jammy, honeyed and green-lemony; absolute is deeper and darker than distilled otto.

Woody Notes

6 uses

Woody

Cinnamon

5 uses

Spicy

Geranium

5 uses

Floral

Ginger

5 uses

Spicy

Iris

5 uses

Floral

Cool, powdery, rooty-metallic and suede-like; expensive and unmistakably elegant.

Ambergris

4 uses

Amber & Resin

Amberwood

4 uses

Woody

Apple

4 uses

Fruity

Bitter Almond

4 uses

Gourmand

Guaiac Wood

4 uses

Woody

Lavender

4 uses

Floral

Herbal, camphorous, slightly floral and clean; cornerstone of fougere and barbershop styles.

Leather

4 uses

Musk & Animalic

Smoky, tarry, suede-soft or animalic depending on the build.

Oakmoss

4 uses

Woody

Inky, damp forest-floor greenness with a leathery-phenolic edge.

Orange Blossom

4 uses

Citrus

Neroli reads green and sparkling; the absolute reads honeyed and indolic.

Pear

4 uses

Fruity

Pepper

4 uses

Spicy

Praline

4 uses

Gourmand

Caramelised almond-sugar sweetness; dense and food-adjacent.

Saffron

4 uses

Spicy

Leathery, hay-like, slightly medicinal with a warm metallic bite.

Tuberose

4 uses

Floral

Creamy, camphorous, almost fleshy white floral; the loudest of the florals.

Turkish Rose

4 uses

Floral

Ambrette

3 uses

Woody

Cacao

3 uses

Woody

Calabrian Bergamot

3 uses

Citrus

Coriander

3 uses

Spicy

Grapefruit

3 uses

Citrus

Jasmine Sambac

3 uses

Floral

Neroli

3 uses

Citrus

Peach

3 uses

Fruity

Plum

3 uses

Fruity

Rosemary

3 uses

Floral

Tobacco

3 uses

Gourmand

Violet

3 uses

Floral

White Musk

3 uses

Musk & Animalic

Ylang-Ylang

3 uses

Floral

Aldehydes

2 uses

Aquatic & Mineral

Angelica

2 uses

Woody

Birch

2 uses

Woody

Cedarwood

2 uses

Woody

Cloves

2 uses

Spicy

Coffee

2 uses

Gourmand

Cumin

2 uses

Spicy

Elemi

2 uses

Amber & Resin

Fig

2 uses

Fruity

Freesia

2 uses

Floral

Fruity Notes

2 uses

Fruity

Gardenia

2 uses

Floral

Green Notes

2 uses

Aromatic & Green

Iso E Super

2 uses

Woody

Juniper Berries

2 uses

Spicy

Melon

2 uses

Fruity

Myrrh

2 uses

Amber & Resin

Olibanum

2 uses

Amber & Resin

Orange

2 uses

Citrus

Orchid

2 uses

Floral

Papyrus

2 uses

Woody

Pineapple

2 uses

Woody

Sage

2 uses

Aromatic & Green

Sicilian Orange

2 uses

Citrus

Sour Cherry

2 uses

Fruity

Tobacco Leaf

2 uses

Gourmand

African Orange Flower

1 use

Citrus

Agarwood Oud

1 use

Woody

Almond

1 use

Gourmand

Amalfi Lemon

1 use

Citrus

Ambrox

1 use

Woody

Amyl Salicylate

1 use

Woody

Anise

1 use

Spicy

Bamboo

1 use

Woody

Bellflower

1 use

Floral

Bitter Orange

1 use

Citrus

Black Tea

1 use

Aromatic & Green

Blackberry

1 use

Fruity

Bourbon Vanilla

1 use

Gourmand

Bourbon Vetiver

1 use

Woody

Brandy

1 use

Woody

Brazilian Tonka Bean

1 use

Gourmand

Bulgarian Rose

1 use

Floral

Calone

1 use

Aquatic & Mineral

Cannabis

1 use

Woody

Carrot

1 use

Woody

Cashmeran

1 use

Woody

Cashmere Wood

1 use

Woody

Ceylon Cinnamon

1 use

Spicy

Chinese Black Tea

1 use

Aromatic & Green

Chinese Pepper

1 use

Spicy

Citron

1 use

Woody

Civet

1 use

Musk & Animalic

Coconut

1 use

Gourmand

Cyclamen

1 use

Woody

Cypriol Oil

1 use

Woody

Dried Fruits

1 use

Fruity

Fir Resin

1 use

Woody

French Jasmine

1 use

Floral

Galbanum

1 use

Aromatic & Green

Grandiflorum Jasmine from Egypt

1 use

Floral

Green Tea

1 use

Aromatic & Green

Haitian Vetiver

1 use

Woody

Hedione

1 use

Woody

Heliotrope

1 use

Floral

Helychine

1 use

Woody

Honey

1 use

Gourmand

Hyacinth

1 use

Woody

Indonesian Patchouli

1 use

Woody

Lily of the Valley

1 use

Floral

Lime

1 use

Citrus

Liquor

1 use

Gourmand

Litchi

1 use

Fruity

Litsea Cubeba

1 use

Aquatic & Mineral

Lotus

1 use

Woody

Madagascar Vanilla

1 use

Gourmand

Magnolia

1 use

Floral

Mexican Chocolate

1 use

Gourmand

Mint

1 use

Aromatic & Green

Moroccan Jasmine

1 use

Floral

Moss

1 use

Woody

Myrtle

1 use

Woody

Nigerian Ginger

1 use

Spicy

Oolong Tea

1 use

Aromatic & Green

Opoponax

1 use

Amber & Resin

Orris

1 use

Woody

Osmanthus

1 use

Floral

Peony

1 use

Floral

Peru Balsam

1 use

Amber & Resin

Petalia

1 use

Woody

Petitgrain

1 use

Citrus

Pistachio

1 use

Woody

Pittosporum

1 use

Gourmand

Raspberry

1 use

Fruity

Resins

1 use

Amber & Resin

Rhubarb

1 use

Woody

Rosewood

1 use

Floral

Rum

1 use

Gourmand

Sea Notes

1 use

Aquatic & Mineral

Sesame

1 use

Woody

Shaving Soap

1 use

Woody

Sichuan Pepper

1 use

Spicy

Sicilian Lemon

1 use

Citrus

Spanish Labdanum

1 use

Amber & Resin

Spices

1 use

Spicy

Spicy Notes

1 use

Woody

Strawberry

1 use

Fruity

Texas Cedar

1 use

Woody

Tobacco Blossom

1 use

Floral

Truffle

1 use

Woody

Tunesian Neroli

1 use

Citrus

Vanille

1 use

Woody

Violet Accord

1 use

Floral

Water Notes

1 use

Aquatic & Mineral

White Rose

1 use

Floral

Woody Amber

1 use

Woody