Narcissus & vetiver
Narcissus is green and floral with hay-like, earthy and subtly leathery or animalic facets. Vetiver combines dry wood and earthy roots with grapefruit-like brightness, grass and sometimes smoky or leathery facets.
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Narcissus
Narcissus is green and floral with hay-like, earthy and subtly leathery or animalic facets. It can feel more grassy and shadowed than a conventional sweet white flower.
vetiver
Vetiver combines dry wood and earthy roots with grapefruit-like brightness, grass and sometimes smoky or leathery facets. It can feel cool and mineral or warmer and more rugged.
How it works in a fragrance
The floral facets give the accord a recognizable heart, while woods, resins or musks shape its texture. The result can be transparent and petal-like or warmer and more substantial, depending on the balance.
The note’s placement and prominence depend on the complete composition.
Understanding this note
This name describes an accord: several scent ideas combined into a shared impression. The listed notes are an olfactory guide, while the exact materials and their proportions belong to each perfume’s formula.
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Narcissus →
Narcissus is green and floral with hay-like, earthy and subtly leathery or animalic facets
vetiver →
Vetiver combines dry wood and earthy roots with grapefruit-like brightness, grass and sometimes smoky or leathery facets
Galbanum →
Galbanum is intensely green, with bitter sap, crushed leaves and a sharp resinous edge
Rose →
Rose can smell fresh and lemony, richly petal-like, honeyed, spicy or softly powdery
Material references
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