Green

Galbanum

Note: heart
Family: green
Type: essential oil
Origin: Turkey

[Beyond Scents]

Ingredient

Ingredient Notes

Galbanum is a natural resin that gives a natural green effect. The scent is very green and quite sharp — green peppers, cut grass — and becomes balsamic in the dry down. Galbanum is a valuable and versatile perfumery ingredient that is used in many compositions. Though its impact can be felt in the first spray, galbanum has great fixative qualities.

Prominent In

Vent Vert (Balmain), No. 19 (Chanel), Chamade (Guerlain), Bandit (Robert Piguet), Shooting Stars (Xerjoff)

Blends Well With

Jasmine, Leather, Fruits, Frankincense, Musk

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Green

Stemone

Note: top-heart
Family: green
Type: aroma molecule
Origin: —

[Raw Materials]

Ingredient

Ingredient Notes

Also know as leafy oxime, Stemone is an excellent modifier that strengthens and modernizes green notes. It is often used with gamma octalactone to recreate a fig note. Powerful, use sparingly. Stemone having the effect of freshly crushed stems: traces can give a freshening, lifting effect; larger amounts (0.5 – 1%) will give a distinctive green note.

Prominent In

Premier Figuier (L’Artisan Parfumeur), Premier Figuier Extreme (L’Artisan Parfumeur), Philosykos (Diptyque)

Blends Well With

Woods, Iris, Coconut, Hedione, Green notes

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Green

Violet Leaf

Note: top
Family: green
Type: absolute
Origin: Egypt

[Beyond Scents]

Ingredient

Ingredient Notes

Violet leaf absolute is vastly different from the sweet scent of violet flowers. The scent is quite green, like the smell of cut grass with a subtle cucumber nuance. Sometimes, though, both the violet leaf and the flower are used together, for a ‘cool’ contemporary violet effect, taking the edge off violet’s slightly old-fashioned powderiness.

Prominent In

La Violette (Annick Goutal), Balenciaga Paris (Balenciaga), Eau de Cartier (Cartier), Be Delicious (Donna Karan)

Blends Well With

Rose, Oakmoss, Patchouli, Amber, Woods

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Green

Petit Grain

Note: top
Family: green
Type: essential oil
Origin: —

[Raw Materials]

Ingredient

Ingredient Notes

So clean, so breath of fresh air through an open window. It’s an extraordinary plant or plants: there are more than 9000 species of grass. In perfumery, though, grass delivers a sweet, herbaceous scent – maybe not quite like walking past a house where the grass has just been cut, but delivering a gust (or a whisper) of outdoorsy freshness, nonetheless.

Prominent In

Guerlain (Aqua Allegoria Bouquet de Mai), A & F Northeash (Abercrombie & Fitch), Green Tea (Elizabeth Arden), Un Jardin Sur Le Toit (Hermès)

Blends Well With

Fruits, Amber, Patchouli, Citrus, Woods

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