Note
Basil
Basil smells fresh and leafy, with peppery warmth and sometimes an anise-like sweetness. It adds green aromatic lift to the opening and heart alongside citrus, herbs, flowers, and woods.
In 160 perfumes. Usually found in the opening.
- Opening
- 64%
- Heart
- 33%
- Drydown
- 2%
Most popular with basil
The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.
Often paired with
Notes that show up next to basil more often than chance would predict.
How it reads
Aromatic and woody above all. Reaches for herbal, citrus and fresh far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for vanilla.
- aromatic
- woody
- citrus
- herbal
- sweet
- fresh
- fresh spicy
- earthy