Apricot

Bold, sexy and provocative: the scent of osmanthus is deeply alluring, pairing particularly well with warm, sensual ambery notes of vanilla or sandalwood. It adds a distinct leathery facet to ambery accords without a heavy, animalic feeling. Its exotic, fruity accents of apricot blend beautifully in fresh, citrus tonics, where osmanthus plays an entirely different role: adding a sweeter, sparkling facet to vibrant accords.

Velvety and soft, the peach note adds a juicy, soft note to both fine and functional compositions. Its scent is pervasive but mellow: adding a comfortable, peachy-smooth duality to floral bouquets and fruity compositions. Peach is the ultimate in flirty fruit notes. It’s texture is both youthful and deeply sensual, and it’s sweet, sun-drenched juiciness is ideal for summer scents and bold, sexy fragrances. It’s richness is best in a blend rather than as a major note, and its tempting, sugary confidence goes with pears, oranges, pineapple, mint, leather, tobacco, incense, patchouli, and vanilla. Peach is also ideal for light florals, giving their softness a come-hither allure. Peach goes with fall and summer best, as its juicy sweetness elevates sugary summer scents as well as spicy fall selections.

Alluring, sensual, enticing… Musk is well-known for its aphrodisiac powers. Perfumers play with a myriad of synthetic musks to fix, blend and mold ingredients in a number of intoxicating accords. These notes are clean and transparent—lending a velvety, skinny effect. Musk notes in perfume used to be processed from the actual musk glands of animals to impart a gamey, warm, and sensual texture. But this practice is illegal in modern times, and nowadays musk notes in fragrance are entirely synthetic. Musk’s tangy aroma can range from sheer, metallic and bright to very animalic and even as intimate as the scent of warm, damp, human skin. Musk adds a sultry, sensual feel to demure feminine scents, as well as making masculine notes like tobacco and leather vividly expressive in cologne. For perfume fans who enjoy the alluring scent of warm, clean, skin - musk is a must-have note in fragrance.