Note families
Gourmand Notes
Carries food associations into the language of scent: vanilla, tonka, coffee. Smelling sweet does not mean a formula is sugary.

Notes in this family
24 notes
What is the honey note in perfume?A honey note can be warm, floral and richly sweet. Learn why floral origin changes real honey, how beeswax differs and how an accord is built.
What is the cacao note in perfume?A cacao note can be roasted, dark and reminiscent of bitter chocolate. Learn how bean processing, cacao and chocolate, and perfume accords differ.
What is the coffee note in perfume?A coffee note can smell roasted, bittersweet and sometimes chocolate-like. Learn how roasting, caffeine and a constructed perfume accord differ.
What is the caramel note in perfume?Caramel recalls the sweet, browned and sometimes lightly burnt smell of heated sugar. Learn how caramelisation differs from a constructed perfume accord.
What is the tonka note in perfume?Tonka is a warm fragrance note that can recall dry hay, almond and vanilla. Learn what the bean and coumarin are, how perfumers use the effect, and how it differs from vanilla.
What is the vanilla note in perfume?The vanilla note is a warm, soft scent impression. Learn how vanilla pods develop their aroma, what vanillin does, and how perfumers create sweet or dry vanilla effects.