Rum

What it is

Rum and molasses notes, built from esters and caramelised sugars rather than distilled from anything drinkable.

What it smells like

Boozy and sweet with caramel warmth and a faint burn. It adds a lift to gourmand blends that stops them sitting flat, and it is one of the few sweet accords that reads as warm rather than as sugary.

How strongly it is worn

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

66 / 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.

Initio Parfums Prives (3), Kilian (3), Byredo (2), Dolce & Gabbana (2), Jean Paul Gaultier (2), Tom Ford (2).