Coconut

What it is

A lactone rather than the fruit. Coconut cannot be extracted usefully, so the note is built, which is also why it so often smells of suncream instead of food.

What it smells like

Creamy and sweet with a waxy edge. It carries an unusually strong association with holidays and sunscreen, and that association tends to arrive before anybody has consciously identified the note.

How strongly it is worn

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

80 / 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.

Calvin Klein (3), Dolce & Gabbana (3), Jean Paul Gaultier (3), Lancome (3), Lattafa (3), Mancera (3).