Pineapple’s sticky, sweet, juicy thickness creates a tropical and creamy tone in perfume. Its mouth-filling rich scent is best paired with fuller, heavier notes like jasmine sambac, Damask rose, gardenia, tuberose, pear, watermelon, melon, ginger, and cinnamon. It’s also a sensual treat in vanilla-based gourmand fragrances. Pineapple’s distinctive, round, pear/orange/red apple aroma is ideal for summer season, especially for travel vacations to countries known for their fiery market spices. Its rich, tangy texture in a perfume is a lovely complement to exotic heat.

Grapefruit’s juicy, zesty, and tart effervescence instantly refreshes any fragrance. It’s lip-smacking energy is a staple of both men’s and women’s perfumes, and it pairs well with nearly any other note in a scent, but is best blended with cedar, lilies, roses, oranges, limes, black or pink pepper and lotus flower. Grapefruit is naturally exuberant and will always leap out at first spray, inviting the wearer to experience its enthusiastic and playful personality. It’s also one of the most versatile notes in perfumery, and appropriate to wear in any season as a standalone scent or blended into citrus or floral fragrances.

Bergamot’s sheer, dry, citrusy feel is one of the most popular perfume notes, especially in mens’ cologne. It’s a Mediterranean fruit grown mainly in Calabria, Italy, and its aroma and taste is slightly between grapefruit and orange. Bergamot is a year-round pleasure to wear, and will blend well with any other note, making bergamot fragrances versatile and a sophisticated option for citrus fragrance fans.

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