Floral, lemony, light and creamy sweet. The magnolia note is ultra lush—adding an intoxicatingly suave facet to floral and citrusy accords. It is delicious on the skin in springtime, emitting a fresh-floral scent tinged with waxy lemon.

Pepper’s hot, spicy attack can focus the drama in a perfume instantly. It’s dry, tangy, nose-crinkling personality sharpens other notes in a fragrance and boosts their olfactory signal. Black pepper is best with leather, suede, and tobacco. Black pepper also heightens lighter citrus notes like lemon, lime, orange, green apple, and citron. Pink pepper is best in aromatic or floral blends, where it’s warm, fruity facets can bring an airy white floral perfume into focus, or underline masculine notes such as lavender, basil, musk, etc. Pepper’s insistent heat can be worn either day or night, and it’s fruity/spicy shadow makes it ideal for any season.

Freesia is one of the big floral notes in perfume, along with gardenia, tuberose, and jasmine. What sets freesia apart from the spicy, powdery, and buttery accents in major white floral perfumes is its plump, delicious, sweetness. Freesia has a young, fun, and sensual candy-like texture, and the best freesia perfumes can even resemble a light red wine. Freesia is also one of the softer big floral notes, making it ideal as an introduction to more powerful, forceful florals. Freesia’s flirtatious and casual appeal is best for summer and spring, and makes an equally fashionable day or night option in floral perfume.

The fragrance of ginger is distinctly fresh and spicy, offering a sparkling top note to complex accords. Used across both men’s and women’s scents, ginger is an unmistakably zesty note that evokes a sort of olfactory duality: bitingly light and lemony, yet deeply pungent and peppery.