Green Mandarin

What it is

The same fruit as mandarin, picked unripe. The difference is harvest timing rather than species.

What it smells like

Sharper, greener and less sweet than ripe mandarin, with a bitter lift. It is used where a fragrance wants citrus without the softness, and it sits closer to lime than its name suggests.

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.

Giorgio Armani (7), Yves Saint Laurent (4), Burberry (3), Paco Rabanne (3), Givenchy (2), Prada (2).