Sour

What it is

Citrus pith, rhubarb and green fruit acids, used to cut sweetness rather than to stand on their own.

What it smells like

Tart and sharp, like the white part of a lemon peel. It almost never leads a fragrance and exists to stop sugar from settling, which is why it is more often noticed by its absence.

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.

Carolina Herrera (2), Bvlgari (1), Dolce & Gabbana (1), Hermes (1), Jean Paul Gaultier (1), Parfums De Marly (1).