FRAGRANS SCENT JOURNAL

Spicy

48 articles · Articles on spicy notes such as black pepper, cardamom and cinnamon.

48 articles

Artemisia scent: why wormwood is not one fixed perfume note

Learn why artemisia varies by species and chemotype, how it differs from an absinthe accord and how to test it.

Learn why carnation flower differs from clove spice, and how eugenol and methyl benzoate shape different floral scent types.

Explore why coriander seed and cilantro leaf smell different, what linalool and aldehyde studies show and how perfume uses the note.

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

Learn nutmeg's warm spicy scent, the seed-versus-mace distinction and why its oil is not one molecule.

Learn white pepper's scent, its shared Piper nigrum origin with black pepper and what a peppery perfume note does not prove.

Ginger joins lively coolness to warm spice. Learn how fresh rhizome, essential oil and gingerols differ and what the note does in a fragrance.

A saffron note can smell dry, warm and leather-like. Learn how Crocus sativus stigmas, safranal and a constructed perfume accord differ.

The clove note evokes the warm, sharp dried bud of Syzygium aromaticum. Understand its distinction from carnation, the oil and its role in perfume.