Conifer

What it is

Pine, fir balsam, cypress and juniper, distilled from needles and twigs. Among the few accords where the natural material is still cheaper than the reconstruction.

What it smells like

Resinous and evergreen, like snapping a fresh needle or the inside of a garden shed. It reads as cold and outdoor, and its strong seasonal association means it is rarely worn outside autumn and winter whatever the rest of the blend is doing.

How strongly it is worn

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

50 / 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.

Paco Rabanne (3), Dior (2), Initio Parfums Prives (2), Ajmal (1), Amouage (1), Azzaro (1).