Note

Cardamom

Cardamom smells cool and spicy, mixing lemony freshness with eucalyptus and soft woody sweetness. It brings aromatic lift to the opening and heart, especially beside citrus, woods, or creamy notes.

In 422 perfumes. Usually found in the opening.

Opening
87%
Heart
13%
Drydown
0%
Cardamom, split open
Cardamom, split open. Photo by Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Most popular with cardamom

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

Often paired with

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

How it reads

Woody and sweet above all. Reaches for warm spicy and aromatic far more often than the catalogue as a whole.

  • woody
  • sweet
  • warm spicy
  • aromatic
  • citrus
  • vanilla
  • balsamic
  • amber