Cherry

What it is

Benzaldehyde again, the almond molecule, plus fruity esters. Cherry and almond are chemically close, which is why they keep appearing together.

What it smells like

Sweet and syrupy, closer to cough medicine or a maraschino jar than to fresh fruit. The almond bitterness underneath is what keeps it from being sugar alone, and people who dislike it usually object to the medicinal association rather than the sweetness.

How strongly it is worn

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

71 / 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.

Initio Parfums Prives (3), Tom Ford (3), Carolina Herrera (2), Dolce & Gabbana (2), Prada (2), Ajmal (1).