Mint’s bracing, fresh, and sweet spice energizes perfume with its healthy, palate-cleansing bite. It’s snowy cool edge sharpens sweeter citrus notes, and provides an excellent contrast for heated spices like cardamom, pepper, and coriander. Mint is similar to lavender’s fresh, breathtakingly clean scent, but stays very cool and isn’t as soapy or herbal as lavender can be. It’s sharp, green, mentholated energy is a perfect accent to winter’s chill, and offers sweet relief from heavy and humid summers.

An aromatic and deeply camphorous note used in masculine scents, most notably in eaux de toilettes and toiletries. It’s herbaceous and fresh, with woody undertones that evoke the fresh scent of incense oil.

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.

The spicy note of cracked coriander is both potently peppery and suavely sweet, with warm wood nuances that meet hints of lavender. Others note the fresh, citrus-like effect of coriander, with its green and sharply crisp facets. A light, everyday scent.