Note

Iodine

Iodine has a sharp, medicinal odor, often associated with antiseptic and the seaside. In perfume, an iodine-like accord adds a piercing mineral or marine accent alongside seaweed, salty notes, and woods.

In 6 perfumes.

Found in Dans le bleu qui pétille, Inexcusable Evil and Imperialé Starboard Of His Aspiration Sport

Most popular with iodine

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

Often paired with

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

Too few perfumes to say.

How it reads

Sweet and citrus above all. Reaches for mineral, tropical and fruity far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for vanilla.

  • sweet
  • citrus
  • fruity
  • woody
  • mineral
  • tropical
  • fresh spicy
  • smoky