Green Apple

What it is

A separate reconstruction from red apple, built on different esters to get the tart reading rather than the candied one.

What it smells like

Sharp and tart with a crisp bite. It is one of the notes most firmly anchored to a period, the 1990s, and a fragrance leaning on it tends to be placed there whether or not it belongs.

Where it sits

Which layer of the pyramid it is listed in, across every fragrance here that carries it. A base note is one you smell for hours; a top note is usually gone within the first.

What it turns up with

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.

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.

Dolce & Gabbana (3), Hugo Boss (3), Burberry (2), Mancera (2), Parfums De Marly (2), Armaf (1).