Immortelle

1 perfume

About

Immortelle is an accord built around the distinctive scent of the immortelle (Helichrysum) flower, combining dry herbaceous, hay and tobacco nuances with honeyed, maple-syrup and slightly spicy facets. The result is a warm, complex floral-gourmand impression that can read as both dried-flower and ambery-sweet, often with hints of licorice and tea. Perfumers use this accord to add depth, warmth, and a characteristic everlasting-flower signature to chypre, amber, and woody compositions.

Scent Profile

The immortelle accord typically smells sweet yet dry, blending hay-like and tobacco notes with a strong honeyed, sometimes maple-syrup nuance. It often shows curry, nutty, and licorice-like aspects along with a warm floral core, giving a slightly savory-gourmand character. Depending on construction, it can lean more herbal and tea-like or more balsamic and liqueur-like, but it is generally warm, dense, and diffusive.

Citrus 0%

Floral 2%

Fruity 4%

Green 10%

Sweet 42%

Warm 34%

Woody 10%

Earthy 19%

Animalic 10%

Fresh 3%

Signature Notes

Notes most distinctively associated with Immortelle fragrances.

Spice

Tobacco 216

Maple Syrup 6

Honey 202

Curry

Immortelle 61

Hay 29 H herbs

Common Notes

Notes most frequently found in Immortelle fragrances.

Licorice 67

Labdanum 392

Patchouli 1609

Tobacco 216

Maple Syrup 6

Caramel 224

Tea 164

Honey 202

Immortelle 61

Benzoin 474

Amber 1541

Hay 29

History

Immortelle as a perfumery material comes from Helichrysum species, notably Helichrysum angustifolium, long associated with the Mediterranean "maquis" and traditional herbal preparations. Its essential oil and absolute entered modern perfumery as niche ingredients due to their complex honey, hay, and tobacco profile, and later gained broader use as sourcing and extraction improved, as documented by industry sources like Perfumer & Flavorist. The codified "immortelle accord" developed as perfumers sought to reproduce or enhance this distinctive dried-flower sweetness and warmth, especially in chypre, amber, and woody-oriental styles.

In Perfumery

Perfumers use the immortelle accord as a mid-to-base register effect to bring warmth, sweetness, and a characteristic dried-flower-tobacco nuance to compositions. It is common in chypres, ambers, and woody-oriental fragrances, where it bridges honey and amber notes or links spices and woods, and it also appears in gourmand and tea-focused creations to suggest maple syrup, caramelized sugar, or liqueur facets without using literal food notes. Immortelle accords are often paired with patchouli, labdanum, tobacco, tonka, and warm woods, and are dosed carefully because of their high impact and tendency to dominate other nuances.