Note
Cloves
17 perfumes feature this note.
DS Durga
Jazmin Yucatan
2020Jazmin Yucatan opens on the lighter, more transparent side of jasmine: bergamot and water notes provide a bright, slightly damp freshness while passion flower adds a tropical sweetness that suggests humidity rather than heat.
4.0 / 5· 533Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle
Vétiver Extraordinaire
2002Vétiver Extraordinaire is exactly what its title claims: an intensified study of a single material, built around a concentration of 25% pure Haitian vetiver oil.
EarthyFreshSoft SpicyGreen4.0 / 5· 512Hermès
Hermessence Paprika Brasil
2006Jean-Claude Ellena's Brasil entry opens with something almost savory — dried pimento and paprika powdering the air before a breath of cloves cuts through.
IrisFreshSoft SpicyWarm Spicy3.9 / 5· 502Diptyque
L'Eau Eau de Toilette
1968Diptyque's founding fragrance, created in 1968 by artist Desmond Knox-Leet, was inspired by an old English recipe combining rose, geranium, and cloves.
CinnamonRosePatchouliAmber3.8 / 5· 497Giorgio Armani
Emporio Remix for Her
2006Emporio Remix for Her opens with a distinctive accord: pear and cranberry provide the fruit, while star anise adds a herbal, licorice-edged sharpness that distinguishes this from the typical 2006 fruity feminine.
FreshSoft SpicyHerbalSweet4.0 / 5· 414Yves Saint Laurent
Sleek Suede
2017Sleek Suede opens with a complex spice cluster — cacao pod, pepper, cloves, and nutmeg over incense — that is richer and more enveloping than its name suggests.
ChocolateTobaccoBalsamicOud4.3 / 5· 355Yves Rocher
Nuit Vanille
2018Nuit Vanille opens on bergamot before settling into a white-floral heart — jasmine and orange blossom with a quieter rose — that bridges day into evening.
VanillaFloralSoft SpicyWhite Floral4.0 / 5· 354Montale
Aoud Sense
2015Opening notes of black pepper, clove, orange, and mandarin are spiced and citrus-warm simultaneously — the pepper is sharp, the clove rounds it, the orange keeps it from going fully austere.
OudWarm SpicyRoseEarthy3.8 / 5· 325Lattafa Perfumes
Ra Ed Silver
2021Ra Ed Silver opens with a single citrus note — mandarin orange — that reads more as a transitional accord marker than a developed top, fading quickly.
OudLeatherCinnamonAmber4.2 / 5· 311Dior
Leather Oud
2010Leather Oud arrives with a brief lift of bergamot before the composition descends quickly into its true subject: smoke-cured leather laid over dense oud and sandalwood.
LeatherOudSaltyWoody3.6 / 5· 309Etro
Gomma
1989The name translates to rubber, and the fragrance lives up to it — birch tar pulls a smoky, almost-asphalt edge into the heart, where leather and jasmine make an unlikely pairing: the floral cleaning up the smoke just enough to keep it wearable.
LeatherPatchouliAromaticWhite Floral3.9 / 5· 264Lattafa Perfumes
Ameer
Ameer leads with a brisk, slightly rustic combination — apple, rosemary, and pink pepper — that keeps the opening grounded rather than sweet.
AromaticWarm SpicyWoodyGreen4.3 / 5· 202Comme Des Garçons
Series 4: Cologne - Vettiveru
2002Series 4 is the Cologne set, and Vettiveru (2002) is the woody anchor.
EarthyFreshSoft SpicyCitrus3.9 / 5· 201Giorgio Armani
Emporio Remix for Him
2006The Remix takes the aromatic spice direction and complicates it with an unexpected element: lily of the valley threading through a heart otherwise occupied by nutmeg and cardamom.
Soft SpicyAromaticWoodyPowdery3.7 / 5· 193Rasasi
Rumz Al Rasasi 9453 Pour Lui
The opening is unusual — clove warmth softened by green violet leaf, herbal and slightly bitter before the pyramid turns inward.
RumWarm SpicyOzonicWoody4.2 / 5· 169Yves Saint Laurent
Opium Yves Saint Laurent 1977 Eau de Toilette
1977Opium opens with a spice rack shaken loose by jasmine and plum — clove and pepper rush forward, bergamot lending a citrus scaffolding, the whole opening both declarative and deliberately exotic.
ChocolateSoft SpicyBalsamicAmber4.3 / 5· 163Zara
Sensual Oud
2024Saffron and cloves open with the warm metallic-spice signature of a classic Arabian-inflected accord — immediately rich without turning dense.
Soft SpicyWarm SpicyRoseBalsamic4.0 / 5· 129