Herbal

What it is

Dried rather than fresh: sage, thyme, artemisia, tea and immortelle. The distinction from aromatic is real, since drying removes the green and leaves the bitterness.

What it smells like

Dry and medicinal, like a herb garden in late summer or loose leaf tea. It reads as sober and a little austere, and it is what stops a sweet fragrance from being only sweet.

How strongly it is worn

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

55 / 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 (6), Calvin Klein (6), Carolina Herrera (6), Hugo Boss (6), Jean Paul Gaultier (6), Azzaro (5).