Materials
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Bergamot
Bergamot is a citrus oil prized in perfumery as a refreshing top note, extracted from fruit rind and featured in classics like Chanel No. 5 and Dior Eau Sauvage.
Citrus Notes
Explore the most popular citrus notes in perfumery—bergamot, lemon, lime, grapefruit, mandarin, and orange—and their fresh, invigorating qualities.
Jasmine Sambac
Jasmine sambac is a fragrant white flower native to South Asia, prized in perfumery for its sweet, exotic aroma and used as a key ingredient in high-end fragrances.
Labdanum
Labdanum is a Mediterranean resinous material used for millennia in perfumery as a warm, tenacious base note in oriental, chypre, and amber fragrances.
Oriental Notes
Oriental notes—warm, exotic fragrance materials like vanilla, patchouli, and amber—add depth and sensuality to perfume compositions as base and middle notes.
Perfume Fixatives
Perfume fixatives are heavy base ingredients that slow evaporation and extend fragrance longevity, including musk, amber, vanilla, benzoin, and labdanum.
Perfume Ingredients
There are many different fragrance ingredients used in perfumery, and the specific ingredients used can vary widely depending on the desired scent and concentration of the final product.
Petit Grain and Neroli
Petit grain and neroli are essential oils from the bitter orange tree—leaves and flowers respectively—prized in perfumery for their fresh and floral fragrance profiles.
Rose
Rose is a foundational floral note in perfumery, extracted from rosa damascena and rosa centifolia species and valued for its complex, multi-dimensional scent and therapeutic properties.
Vetiver
Vetiver is a fragrant plant native to India with complex woody, earthy notes widely used as a base note in perfumery for its fixative properties and depth.
Ylang-ylang
Ylang-ylang is a tropical Southeast Asian flower essential oil prized in perfumery for its sweet, floral aroma, used in classics like Chanel No. 5 and modern fragrances.