Green

White Clover

Note Profile

Natural 1 perfume

About

White Clover is a soft green-floral note inspired by the scent of blooming white clover in meadows and fields. It combines delicate floral sweetness with clean, grassy freshness and a light honeyed nuance. Perfumers use it when they want to evoke airy, natural countryside freshness with more subtlety than richer clover or hay notes.

Scent Profile

White Clover has a fresh, sweet, and slightly grassy odour, with the floral aspect more evident in the blossoms than in the leaves. Compared with richer red clover or generic clover accords, white clover is typically milder and cleaner, with a gentle honeyed sweetness, light meadow-floral nuances, and a soft herbaceous undertone. Perfumery interpretations can also introduce hints of cool, almost powdery cleanliness to emphasize its airy, springlike character.

ScentWheel

Breadthmedium

EnvelopeTop · ~3h lasting

Origin

White Clover as a perfumery note is inspired by the scent of Trifolium repens or closely related white sweet clover species such as Melilotus alba, which are common in temperate meadows and pastures. In practice, perfumers usually recreate this aroma through accords built from green aldehydes, coumarinic materials, lactones, and light floral aromachemicals rather than direct essential oil, as clover extracts are not widely available or stable. The note thus represents a stylized impression of white clover fields rather than a single natural extract.

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers use White Clover primarily as a top-to-heart note to introduce fresh, natural, meadow-like brightness and a subtle floral sweetness to compositions. It fits well in fresh, green, and floral fragrances, often paired with grasses, light white florals, herbs, and soft musks to build clean, outdoor atmospheres. Its gentle profile makes it useful for softening sharper green notes and adding a hint of honeyed warmth without the heavier coumarin impact of hay or tonka bean.