Floral

Floral Notes

Note Profile

Botanical 2 perfumes

Also Known As

Floral, Meadow Flowers, Wild Flowers, Wildflowers, Yellow Flowers

About

Floral Notes is a group note covering the flowers that are not white flowers. It is the transparent and powdery side of the family - rose, iris, violet, freesia and lilac - rather than the heavy indolic side, which ScentPrism holds separately as White Flowers because brands keep the two apart.

Scent Profile

Floral and clearly powdery, in almost equal measure - the dry cosmetic character of iris and violet as much as the petal of a rose. Green sap around the edges, a honeyed sweetness at the centre, and a cool mineral note underneath.

ScentWheel

Breadthbroad

EnvelopeHeart · ~8h lasting

Family Floral

Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.

Origin

No single source. The weighted common ground of 38 published floral notes, led by rose, iris, violet, freesia, lily, orris and orchid. Notes whose leading facet is white_floral are excluded by construction and belong to the other group.

Usage in Perfumery

The heart of the classical structure. A floral accord is what a composition is about between the opening and the base, and brands print the group when the bouquet is a blend rather than a soliflore.