Note

Ambrette

Ambrette seeds smell softly musky, with pear-like fruitiness and warm, slightly nutty undertones. Their scent gives the heart and base a gentle skin-like softness alongside flowers, woods and other musks.

In 143 perfumes. Usually found in the drydown.

Opening
32%
Heart
20%
Drydown
48%
Found in Fleur de Peau, Rare Reef and Guidance 46

Most popular with ambrette

The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.

Often paired with

Notes that show up next to ambrette more often than chance would predict.

How it reads

Sweet and woody above all. Reaches for musky, powdery and fruity far more often than the catalogue as a whole.

  • sweet
  • woody
  • musky
  • powdery
  • citrus
  • fruity
  • vanilla
  • balsamic