Herbal is the kitchen window after a long day — basil, mint, thyme, sharp and unsentimental. Where aromatic notes drift toward floral, herbal notes lean toward food: leaves you'd actually cook with, plants that grow in pots. The best herbal accords have a green snap to them, a quality of just-picked. They work especially well in summer fragrances, in colognes meant to be sprayed liberally on hot afternoons. Wear herbal when you want a fragrance that suggests a small habitable life — a balcony with pots, a kitchen with sun, the quiet luxury of growing your own seasoning.
The notes that build this accord
Ingredients that perfumers reach for when composing Herbal.
Aromatic
Aromatic
Spicy
Aromatic
Aromatic
Aromatic
Green
Fruity
Green
Green
Aromatic
Green
Green
Aromatic
Green
Aromatic
Green
Aromatic
Aromatic
Aromatic
Aromatic
Aromatic
Green
Aromatic
Fragrances that wear this accord
From the most prominent to the most subtle.
Closely related
Other accords in the Aromatic family.