Margarita

Note Profile

Prepared

About

Margarita is a cocktail accord, not a raw material. It is salted lime over tequila: a tart citrus top with sea salt and an airy lift, an orange-liqueur heart, and a sweetened agave base.

Scent Profile

Citrus dominates from the first second: fresh-squeezed lime, with a rounder orange behind it. A mineral salt runs right through, the coarse crystal on the rim, and both sources name it independently. An aquatic_ozonic lift sits over the top and reads as sea air on a hot day. Boozy tequila is the middle and stays a hint rather than the subject. Sweet_vanillic sugar and agave nectar smooth that base. Tropical guava fills out the heart. Sour tartness keeps the sugar in check, and a green, aromatic_herbal agave edge grounds the whole thing. Smaller parts: juicy fruity flesh and a light honeyed nectar, with a trace of earthy agave sap.

ScentWheel

Breadthmedium

EnvelopeTop · ~2h lasting

Family Fresh & Citrus, Sweet & Gourmand, Elemental

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

Origin

A composite fragrance accord built to smell of the cocktail. The drink is tequila, an orange liqueur and lime juice, served in a salt-rimmed glass. Fragrance-oil houses build it from lime, sea salt and ozonic top notes, guava and orange in the heart, and sugar and agave nectar in the base. There is no single natural material behind it.

Usage in Perfumery

Used where a fresh, summery drink signal is wanted. Common in candles and functional fragrance, and used in fine fragrance as a bright opening that carries a hint of spirit underneath.