Aromatic

What it is

The herb drawer of perfumery. Lavender, rosemary, sage, basil, thyme and mint, usually sitting over a citrus opening. It is the backbone of the fougere family, which is most of what the twentieth century sold to men.

What it smells like

Cool and green, like herbs crushed between your fingers, with a soapy edge from the lavender. This is what people are usually smelling when they call something a barbershop scent.

How strongly it is worn

The average strength this accord is listed at, where 100 means it dominates the fragrance.

72 / 100

What builds it

How much more often than the catalogue average. 1.0x would be chance, so these are the things that genuinely travel with it rather than the things that are simply common.

Accords it sits beside

Same measure, with its own family filtered out. Saying woody turns up with oud is a restatement, not a finding.

When it is worn

Against the average fragrance here. The line marks that average, so a bar past it means this is worn in that season or setting more than most.

Houses that use it most

Counted across the fragrances here, which reflects what we cover as much as what a house makes.

Armaf (36), Azzaro (34), Hermes (29), Hugo Boss (29), Calvin Klein (27), Paco Rabanne (27).