Lactonic

What it is

Lactones, the molecules behind milk, coconut flesh and peach skin. They are what makes a fragrance feel soft to the touch rather than merely sweet.

What it smells like

Milky and creamy, like warm milk or the inside of a coconut. It reads as comforting and slightly babyish, and it is the quality people are describing when they call a fragrance cosy without being able to say why.

How strongly it is worn

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

53 / 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.

Lancome (7), Jean Paul Gaultier (4), Xerjoff (4), Bvlgari (3), Dolce & Gabbana (3), Gucci (3).