Note

Sand

Clean dry sand has little smell, while damp or coastal sand can suggest wet minerals and nearby seaweed. Perfume sand accords create a dry or sun-warmed impression in the heart and base with woods, musk, and marine notes.

In 6 perfumes.

Found in Я, Arcana and Gold Rose Oudh

Most popular with sand

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

Often paired with

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

Too few perfumes to say.

How it reads

Sweet and woody above all. Reaches for mineral, fruity and musky far more often than the catalogue as a whole.

  • sweet
  • woody
  • fruity
  • musky
  • vanilla
  • balsamic
  • mineral
  • earthy