Tar

Balenciaga

The violet that opens Balenciaga Paris is unusually candied, almost narcotic in its sweetness—violet pastilles dusted with powdered sugar.

Frapin

L'Humaniste opens with a crisp, spiced brightness—pink pepper and cardamom lift bergamot into something both refined and quietly bold.

Atelier Cologne

Ambre Nue opens with a flash of bergamot that quickly yields to its warmer ambitions.

Bath & Body Works

Forever Sunshine arrives exactly as promised—bright, cheerful, and easy.

Rasasi

Afshan's opening is the gamble: tar and saffron land first, an unusual petroleum-tinged warmth that sits against citrus bergamot and orange before the accord mellows.

Bath & Body Works

A daydream in a spray bottle — coconut nectar and pear open with the kind of sweetness that reads as sun-warmed vacation skin rather than fruit candy, brightened by mandarin and a delicate kiwi flower accord.

Alviero Martini

Green notes open brisk and stem-like, a cool vegetal snap that quickly folds into heliotrope’s almond-powder haze.

Betty Barclay

Precious Moments leads with a cluster of red fruit — raspberry, strawberry, blood orange — that reads bright and slightly tart before a soft floral heart of peony and freesia begins to emerge.

Agarscents Bazaar

Saffron opens with its characteristic metallic, slightly bitter warmth — not sweet, more raw and mineral.

Areej Le Doré

Castoreum dominates the opening with a musky, leathery funk that feels almost tarry, while cumin adds a sharp, sweaty edge.

Jacques Zolty

Birch opens with a dry, campfire crackle that immediately reads as leather stripped of sweetness.

L'Occitane en Provence

Lemon and grass open crisp and sun-lit, slicing quickly into a translucent green veil.

4160 Tuesdays

Pear opens crisp and slightly waxy, its green juice sheared by a cool lily-of-the-valley wateriness that quickly folds into neroli’s clean orange-blossom glow.

Avon

Lemon and bergamot create a sharp, slightly bitter citrus opening that feels more like kitchen zest than sun-ripened fruit.

Bath & Body Works

Grapefruit and bergamot snap open with a bright, slightly bitter sparkle that feels like carbonated citrus zest.

Bath & Body Works

Bergamot flashes first, a cool green-citrus spray that feels like crushed leaves and distant lightning.

Ava Luxe

Orange's bright citrus opens the composition, quickly joined by tar's unusual smoky resinous quality.

Dar Al Teeb / House of Fragrance

Sandalwood and cypriol open with a dry, earthy woodiness that carries a faintly medicinal and smoky undertone from the tar note.

Mexx

Tar introduces a bold, smoky-rubbery edge that contrasts sharply with ylang-ylang’s creamy sweetness and bergamot’s citrus zest.

Biotherm

Lily opens with a clean, slightly waxy white floral character that feels fresh and somewhat aquatic in its initial impression.

D. Grayi

With no declared top notes, the opening comes from the heart.

Acqua di Sardegna

Tar and cardamom create an opening that is both smoky and warmly spicy, with a resinous edge from the tar note.

Adopt' / Réserve Naturelle

Sage, lemon, and bergamot open with a crisp, aromatic greenness that is herbal and slightly tart from the citrus.

Bachs

Raspberry and rum create an immediate boozy, jammy fruit impression, warmed by a distinct saffron spice that adds an aromatic, slightly medicinal edge.

Amouroud

Raspberry and peach create a juicy, candied fruity opening, brightened by bergamot and warmed with a hint of pink pepper's soft spice.

Fragrifert

Electimuss

Battistoni

Angela Flanders

Helena Rubinstein

Frau Tonis Parfum

Black Oud London

Evaflor

Kappus

Express

Korloff

Battistoni

Dina Cosmetics

Des Filles à la Vanille

FUMparFUM

Jergens / Eastman Royal Perfumes

Deborah

Constance Carroll

De Ruy

Aerin

Nimerè

Fanatic

Aromas de Salazar

Féraud

Aqua di Polo

Bond No. 9

Max Joacim

Manzana

Expand / エクスパンド

4711

Clash

Joop!

Alghabra

12 Parfumeurs Français

12 Parfumeurs Français

Beacon Mercantile

Alessandro Serpico

Xerjoff

LR / Racine

Armaf

Benetton

100BON

Abdul Samad Al Qurashi / عبدالصمد القرشي