Note

Fern

Real fern fronds smell subtly green and earthy when crushed, rather than strongly floral. In perfume, fern usually names a fougere accord built around aromatic freshness, hay-like sweetness, and mossy depth across the composition.

In 3 perfumes.

Found in Cassiopea, White Fire and Prestige Of DUA Black

Most popular with fern

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

Often paired with

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

Too few perfumes to say.

How it reads

Green and woody above all. Reaches for amber, musky and sour far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for vanilla.

  • green
  • woody
  • amber
  • sweet
  • musky
  • white floral
  • citrus
  • fruity