Green

What it is

Galbanum, violet leaf, crushed stems and cut grass notes. Galbanum in particular is one of the sharpest naturals in use and a little of it colours a whole formula.

What it smells like

Like snapping a stem, sharp and cool with a bitter edge. It reads as spring rather than summer, and it can come across as sour or unfinished to people expecting a flower where the leaf is.

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.

Azzaro (20), Calvin Klein (18), Creed (18), Hugo Boss (18), Hermes (17), Byredo (16).