Note

Wheat

Dry wheat smells faintly of straw, grain dust, and flour, with a mild nutty sweetness. In perfume, a wheat accord adds a dry cereal texture to hay, woody, or bakery-inspired compositions.

In 3 perfumes.

Found in Jeux de peau, Bois Farine and Old Fashioned

Most popular with wheat

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

Often paired with

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

Too few perfumes to say.

How it reads

Gourmand and woody above all. Reaches for nutty, powdery and iris far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for citrus and vanilla.

  • gourmand
  • woody
  • nutty
  • powdery
  • balsamic
  • iris
  • sweet
  • fruity