Iso E Super

Ormonde Jayne

Ormonde Jayne

Lorenzo Pazzaglia

Ormonde Jayne

Aimée De Mars

Avon

Ormonde Jayne

Jo Malone

Ormonde Jayne

D.S. & Durga

Avon

Les Parfums De Rosine

D.S. & Durga

Fabergé

Lorenzo Pazzaglia

Etat Libre D'Orange

Duftanker MGO Duftmanufaktur

Agent Provocateur

Ava Luxe

Avon

Lalique

French Connection / FCUK

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Escentric Molecules

Phytoderm

Sultan Pasha Attars

Sultan Pasha Attars

Nilafar du Nil

Darkbeat Parfums

Ormonde Jayne

The opening is immediate and sharp—cardamom gives an almost medicinal brightness, tempered by bergamot and the cool, herbaceous bitterness of clary sage.

Maison Alhambra

Natura

Parfums De Marly

Hérod opens with a thick, resinous cinnamon that feels closer to temple smoke than spice rack—sweet but not gourmand, dense without being cloying.

Ormonde Jayne

Natura

Chanel

The parfum concentration of Bleu de Chanel trades the EDT's citrus brightness for a denser, sweeter opening where mint cuts through bergamot with menthol precision.

Natura

Homem Essence opens with a ginger-citrus combination that reads energetic and warm rather than clean and cool — the ginger leading, bergamot and grapefruit following.

Natura

Natura

The opening apple note feels airy and slightly green rather than gourmand, setting an unexpectedly fresh stage for what becomes an ambitious white floral composition.

Mahogany

Azzaro

The opening announces itself with an unexpected jolt—sharp cinnamon clashing against lavender's aromatic coolness, the lemon barely tempering the heat.

Louis Vuitton

Sur la Route opens with a bright, peppery citrus that quickly gives way to its true nature: a dry, slightly dusty leather that feels more like the interior of a vintage car than a polished luxury good.

Ormonde Jayne

Ormonde Jayne

Lorenzo Pazzaglia

Prada

Mith

Lancôme

A dusting of powdered sugar over candied almonds—Iris Dragées opens with a soft pink pepper sparkle that quickly dissolves into its namesake sweetness.

Lancôme

Lancôme's Iris Dragées opens with the crisp fizz of pink pepper and bergamot before revealing its central trick: candied almonds dusted in powdered orris.

Bottega Veneta

Ormonde Jayne

The opening is a jolt of dry spice—cardamom crackling over suede—rather than the citrus burst you might expect.

Louis Vuitton

Gallagher Fragrances

Ormonde Jayne

Louis Vuitton

Orage opens with a bright citrus strike—grapefruit and bergamot arriving sharp and clean, like light through a breaking storm cloud.

Chanel

Bleu de Chanel opens with a clean citrus thrust—grapefruit and lemon sharpened by mint and pink pepper—that feels more athletic than dressy.

Jean Paul Gaultier

Bottega Veneta

Escentric Molecules

Dior

The 2020 reformulation opens with a bright flash of pink pepper and bergamot before quickly settling into something quieter.

Dior

Bvlgari

Ormonde Jayne

Houbigant

The 7 Virtues

Opus Oils

Dolce & Gabbana

The opening is a bright citrus shock—lemon and bergamot stripped of sweetness, almost tart, like squeezing fruit over cold tiles.

Dolce & Gabbana

The opening is unapologetically bright—lemon and bergamot delivered with the kind of intensity that evokes midday on a whitewashed terrace.

Bottega Veneta

Aqualis

RUB

O Boticário

Commodity

Commodity Gold is a study in density — amber, vanilla, and benzoin appearing at every layer, built upward and outward from a single golden core.

Farmacia SS. Annunziata

Farmacia SS. Annunziata

Le Labo

Another-13 opens quietly, almost deceptively plain—a whisper of crisp apple and pear that vanishes before it settles.

Azzaro

Cuba Paris

Jo Malone London

Escentric Molecules

The opening flashes pink pepper and lime—brief, sharp, then gone.

Versace

The opening arrives in a soft haze of bergamot and pear—fleeting citrus brightness tempered by rounded fruit that feels more like suggestion than statement.

Bottega Veneta

Juliette Has A Gun

Lady Vengeance opens with a sharp lavender-bergamot strike that feels almost cologne-crisp, but the brightness doesn't last long.

Escentric Molecules

The opening strikes immediately green and resinous—fig leaf and rosemary crushed between fingers, sharp with herbal oils and faintly soapy bergamot.

Prada

Juliette Has A Gun

The cinnamon here isn't the mulled-wine sweetness of holiday candles, but something drier and more resinous, almost medicinal in its precision.

Givenchy

Kenzo

Ella K Parfums

Montblanc

Lady Emblem L'Eau is Montblanc's warmer-weather iteration of the original Lady Emblem — the same feminine floral ambition, reframed for maximum lightness and wearability.

Shiseido

Erik Kormann

Byredo

Eleventh Hour opens with bergamot — bright and brief, a moment of daylight before the atmosphere shifts.

Burberry

The opening is bracingly citric, all cold lemon rind and grapefruit pith sharpened by aromatic rosemary.

Guerlain

Rosa Rossa opens with a jolt of brightness—tart blackcurrant and bergamot sharpened by lemon, briefly sweet from lychee.

Castelbajac

Parfums Berdoues

Avon

Aether

Gucci

Bloom Acqua di Fiori opens with a crisp citrus transparency that immediately softens into something dewy and green.

DS Durga

The opening is bright and fleeting—a snap of bergamot that doesn't linger.

DS Durga

The opening is brisk and clear—bergamot without frills, more tonic than sweet.

Jequiti

Ormonde Jayne

Gallagher Fragrances

D'Orsay

D'Orsay

Coreterno

Gallagher Fragrances

Daniel Josier

Calvin Klein

Obsessed for Women opens with neroli's sweet orange blossom bitterness alongside bergamot — a clean, slightly honeyed start.

Juliette Has A Gun

Sunny-side-up opens with a direct hit of jasmine—not the indolic, heady kind, but something cleaner and brighter, almost stripped down to its petals and stems.

Escentric Molecules

Ginger and lime strike first—bright and resinous rather than citrus-sharp—quickly joined by a peppery warmth that feels more like spice-dusted wood than culinary heat.

Escentric Molecules

Escentric 04 is built around Javanol, a synthetic sandalwood-musk compound with a warm, milky, slightly floral character.

Chanel

Aromas de Salazar

Kenzo

The opening is bright and juicy, led by a pear note that feels fresh rather than syrupy, tempered by a whisper of bergamot.

Nuancielo

Vilhelm Parfumerie

The opening is a bright, juicy flicker—ripe pear and lemon zest that feels more like a wink than a statement.

Boy Smells