Orchid notes in a fragrance are sweet and powdery, and have the classic feel of iris. Heavier than peonies, and not as candy-sweet as freesia, orchids provide a floral complexity to bouquet fragrances, and are excellent companions for rose, freesia, jasmine, peony, and lily notes. Orchid is a scent that’s ideal for fall, winter and spring, but perhaps too intense for lighter summer wear. If throwback drama and classic sophistication are an important part of your style profile, orchid fragrances are an excellent option.

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.