Anise

Lolita Lempicka

Profumum Roma

Confetto opens with a sharp jolt of anise—medicinal, almost licorice-black—that gives way surprisingly fast to something warmer and rounder.

By Terry

L'Artisan Parfumeur

Boadicea The Victorious

Womo

Serge Lutens

Calvin Klein

Birkholz

Zoologist

Roger & Gallet

Jeroboam

Xerjoff

Anfas

Floraïku

Les Senteurs Gourmandes

Lolita Lempicka

Les Parfums De Rosine

Testament London

Profumum Roma

O Boticário

Guerlain

The anise appears immediately—not as absinthe's sharpness but as a soft aromatic haze softening the bergamot.

Happyland

Lolita Lempicka

Proad

O Boticário

Le Chameau

Armaf

Dior

The opening announces itself with dark plum and anise, a pairing that feels both bruised and medicinal, like crushed fruit macerated in herbal liqueur.

Paris Elysees

Clive Christian

Natura

Lancetti

Antiqua Firenze

Natura

American Eagle

Sawalef

Milton-Lloyd

Yves Saint Laurent

Kenzo

Alexandria Fragrances

Guerlain

Elixir Attar

Guerlain

Escada

Mith

Absolument Parfumeur

Brut Parfums Prestige

Dior

Guerlain

Tiffany

Atelier Segall Barutti

Atmysphere

Dorin

Naomi Campbell

Pierre Balmain

Jean Paul Gaultier

Zaharoff

Roja Dove

The opening announces itself with aristocratic lavender and a sharp citrus quartet, quickly tempered by herbal thyme—a green, almost medicinal clarity that feels deliberate and unapologetic.

Lolita Lempicka

Yohji Yamamoto

Nina Ricci

Lancetti

Avatim

Lolita Lempicka

DFG1924

Laurence Dumont

Arabian Oud

Kalemat opens with anise's cool, slightly medicinal clarity—immediate and arresting, like the first breath in a spice merchant's storeroom.

Guerlain

Rosendo Mateu - Olfactive Expressions

Guerlain

L'Heure de Nuit opens with a particular softness—peach skin dusted with anise, bergamot barely there, like the first pale light before dawn.

Estée Lauder

The opening arrives with citrus clarity—lemon edged by the green snap of galbanum and clary sage, touched with anise's faint licorice glint.

Estée Lauder

Estée Lauder Lauder for Men opens with lemon, galbanum, clary sage, and anise — a bright, aromatic-herbal top that is crisp, slightly bitter, and entirely of its decade.

L'Artisan Parfumeur

L'Artisan Parfumeur

Lolita Lempicka

Oud Elite / نخبة العود

Henry Jacques

Korres

Masakï Matsushïma

Paco Rabanne

Lolita Lempicka

Cartier

Issey Miyake

Le Feu d'Issey opens with an unexpected collision of buttery coconut and cool Bulgarian rose, the bergamot barely tempering their strange intimacy.

Alexandre.J

Chanel

Allure Homme opens with a brightness that's both citrus-crisp and faintly sweet—bergamot and lemon cut through with a whisper of peach and the warmth of ginger.

Guerlain

The immediate impression is bright citrus tempered by an unexpected wisp of anise—not sweet or overpowering, just enough to add a faintly aromatic edge that keeps the opening from feeling purely cologne-like.

Aramis

Tuscany Per Uomo opens with a sharp blast of citrus and lavender cut through with green herbal bitterness—tarragon and basil lend an almost culinary astringency that feels deliberate and unfashionable by today's standards.

Caron

The opening strikes immediately with medicinal lavender and anise—clean but never clinical, more apothecary cabinet than bathroom shelf.

Guerlain

L'Heure Bleue opens with a fleeting brightness—bergamot softened by anise's herbal sweetness—before sinking into something deeper and more melancholic.

Lolita Lempicka

Paul Smith

Guerlain

The first breath is powdery iris dusted with anise and soft citrus, an odd sweetness like violets after rain.

Giardino Benessere

Giovanna Baby

Fabergé

Guerlain

L'Heure Bleue opens with a shimmer of citrus and anise that quickly gives way to its true nature: a twilight meditation on powder and flowers.

Issey Miyake

Le Feu d'Issey Light opens with a playful collision of toasted coconut and anise, sweetened by bergamot and a whisper of rose.

Roja Dove

Roja Dove designs Isola Blu as a total olfactory immersion in the Italian coastal landscape — not a linear composition but a meditation on a place.

Davidoff

Zaharoff

O Boticário

O Boticário

Egeo Dolce opens with a vivid burst of raspberry and grapefruit that reads almost sherbet-bright, tempered by a thread of lavender that keeps the sweetness from overwhelming.

Guerlain

Guerlain

Ermenegildo Zegna

Roja Dove

Roja Dove 51 Pour Femme is built for grandeur.

Cartier

Bruno Perrucci Parfums

Amouage

The opening arrives with a liturgical gravity—frankincense and cardamom rising through basil's green sharpness, bergamot lending just enough lift to keep the resinous weight from settling too quickly.

Cartier

Grapefruit and bergamot open Must de Cartier pour Homme with a slightly unusual edge: anise threads through the citrus, adding a dry, faintly licorice-like sharpness that keeps the top from reading as a standard fresh masculine.

Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works

Câline

Câline

Guerlain

Guerlain

Natura

Yves Saint Laurent

The opening arrives dark and slick—anise and bergamot meet like liqueur over ice, a bright chill that quickly warms into something more deliberate.

Rochas

Byzance opens with the culinary precision of a professional kitchen — lemon and basil together, brightened by cardamom's warm spice.