Cinnamon

What it is

Bark from the cassia and Ceylon cinnamon trees. Restricted in use because it sensitises skin, so modern formulas carry less of it than older ones did.

What it smells like

Hot, sweet and dry, the smell of the spice jar rather than of a bun. It pushes warmth forward more aggressively than the other baking spices and is usually the one people name when they say a fragrance smells like Christmas.

How strongly it is worn

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

64 / 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.

Hugo Boss (9), Xerjoff (8), Paco Rabanne (6), Mancera (5), Viktor & Rolf (5), Azzaro (4).