Note
Valerian
Valerian root smells earthy, sour, and strongly musky, sometimes recalling sweaty socks or aged cheese. Tiny amounts can add animalic depth to a perfume base alongside woods, moss, and other musks.
In 3 perfumes.
Most popular with valerian
The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.
Often paired with
Notes that show up next to valerian more often than chance would predict.
Too few perfumes to say.
How it reads
Woody and earthy above all. Reaches for smoky, animalic and balsamic far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for sweet and citrus.
- woody
- earthy
- animalic
- smoky
- balsamic
- aromatic
- leather
- rose