Lilac
Lilac suggests a soft spring-floral scent with green, powdery and faintly spicy facets. It can feel airy and petal-like while retaining a rounded floral body.
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It adds a nostalgic floral character to rose, muguet and musks. Green materials keep it fresh; powdery notes make it softer.
The note’s placement and prominence depend on the complete composition.
Understanding this note
The familiar lilac impression is commonly built as an accord. Its listing in a fragrance pyramid does not establish the presence of a natural lilac flower extract.
Related notes to explore
Lily-of-the-Valley →
Lily of the valley is fresh, green and delicately sweet, with dewy petals and a small citrus-like brightness
Rose →
Rose can smell fresh and lemony, richly petal-like, honeyed, spicy or softly powdery
Heliotrope →
Heliotrope suggests soft powder, almond, vanilla and delicate floral petals
Musk →
Musk can suggest clean fabric, warm skin, soft powder or a rounded, gently animalic warmth
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Shop Lilac fragrances → Browse all fragrance notesFragrance notes describe scent impressions. They can represent natural materials, aroma molecules or accords, rather than a complete list of ingredients.