Citrus
The citrus accord is bright and zesty, like fresh orange or lemon peel.
In 931 of 1747 fragrances here, most often worn in summer
What it is
Pressed from the peel of lemon, bergamot, orange, grapefruit and lime. Natural citrus oils evaporate fast, so most versions are propped up with synthetics to keep the brightness past the first ten minutes.
What it smells like
Sharp and zesty, closer to scratching a peel than to the juice. It is the note most likely to vanish first, so a fragrance still smelling of citrus an hour in is doing something the raw materials do not do by themselves.
How strongly it is worn
The average strength this accord is listed at, where 100 means it dominates the fragrance.
78 / 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 (37), Creed (34), Prada (33), Mancera (31), Hermes (29), Paco Rabanne (29).
The description above is written here. The counts, pairings and seasons are measured across every fragrance on this site that lists it. We have not smelled every bottle behind those numbers.
The most citrus fragrances here
Ranked by how strongly the catalogue lists this accord, not by how popular the bottle is.
Yves Saint Laurent
Myslf Yves Saint Laurent
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Chanel
Allure Edition Blanche
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