FRAGRANS SCENT JOURNAL

Note

214 articles · The source, smell and role of perfume notes.

214 articles

What does pimento leaf smell like in perfume?

Explore pimento leaf's warm clove-like scent, the leaf–berry distinction and what eugenol studies actually show.

Explore fresh and brewed tea facets, how processing changes green and black tea aroma and what a tea perfume note means.

Learn orris's powdery scent, why iris rhizomes age and how irones form without confusing the root with the flower.

Explore magnolia's floral facets, species differences and the boundary between a living flower and a perfume accord.

Explore coconut's creamy and fresh perfume facets, and why coconut water, milk, oil and a scent accord differ.

Learn the different botanical sources of dragon's blood resin, its perfume impression and why the note does not certify a particular resin.

Understand pecan's nutty, roasted perfume note, how roasting changes aroma and why the name does not prove real nut material.

Explore peony scent, cultivar variation and why a peony perfume note does not prove a flower extract.

Learn freesia's fresh floral scent, cultivar variation in volatiles and the difference between living flower and perfume note.