Note

Tonka Bean

Tonka bean smells like sweet hay, almonds, and vanilla, with a faint tobacco warmth. It enriches the base and links lavender, woods, amber, and gourmand notes.

In 467 perfumes. Usually found in the drydown.

Opening
3%
Heart
16%
Drydown
81%
Tonka beans, spilled
Tonka beans, spilled. Photo by Fred Benenson (Mecredis), CC BY-SA 3.0.

Most popular with tonka bean

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

Often paired with

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

How it reads

Sweet and woody above all. Reaches for vanilla far more often than the catalogue as a whole.

  • sweet
  • woody
  • vanilla
  • citrus
  • balsamic
  • powdery
  • fruity
  • amber