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Martini

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Martini is a fantasy note built to suggest the cocktail of gin and vermouth. It reads dry and boozy: a cold, clear spirit with a herbal edge. Fragrantica files it with the beverage notes and uses it in dry, refreshing compositions. Some perfumes push it fruity, as an apple or a pear martini.

Scent Profile

Martini smells dry and boozy, like a cold, clear spirit. A juniper and bitter-herb edge reads as gin and dry vermouth. A thin citrus twist sits over it. Some versions turn fruity, like an apple or pear martini. A touch of salt or olive green can follow. It is a top note and does not last. It carries a dry woody edge and a sour, tart sharpness.

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

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Origin

There is no traded material called martini. It is an accord. The drink is gin and vermouth, served with an olive or a lemon twist. Gin brings juniper. Dry vermouth brings bitter herbs. Brands name fruit variants: Sarah Jessica Parker's Lovely lists an apple martini, and Calvin Klein's Eternity Summer 2012 a Japanese pear martini. Olive and salt belong to the dirty martini. Perfumes built on that list olive as a note of its own.

Usage in Perfumery

A top note. Fragrantica filed it in 28 perfumes on 2026-10-10. Of the 19 with a pyramid, 17 place it in the top. Its most common neighbours are mandarin, lavender, bergamot and apple, over musk, patchouli, vanilla and woods. None of the 28 lists olive or juniper. Four list salt. Perfumers use it to give a dry, boozy lift to fresh, fruity and aromatic openings.