Plum

What it is

A reconstruction, usually built on lactones and ionones. The dried version, prune, is a separate and much heavier note.

What it smells like

Dark, sweet and almost wine-like, with a faint powderiness from the ionones. It sits closer to the base than most fruit and is often used to give a rose depth.

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.

Mugler (7), Byredo (4), Calvin Klein (3), Hugo Boss (3), Lattafa (3), Paco Rabanne (3).