Note

Butter

Butter smells softly milky and fatty, with a faint cultured tang that becomes nutty when browned. In perfume, buttery effects enrich gourmand hearts and bases alongside vanilla, pastry, and caramel notes.

In 27 perfumes. Usually found in the heart.

Opening
40%
Heart
40%
Drydown
20%
Found in Vesuviuur, Biscotti Caramel Pop and Choco Cult

Most popular with butter

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

Often paired with

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

How it reads

Sweet and gourmand above all. Reaches for lactonic, milky and vanilla far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for woody.

  • sweet
  • gourmand
  • lactonic
  • vanilla
  • milky
  • citrus
  • caramel
  • warm spicy