Fragrance Accords: The Scent Families Explained
An accord is the overall impression a blend of notes creates — gourmand, aquatic, woody. Accords are how most people describe what they want, so each one below lists the notes that build it and the highest-rated fragrances that lead with it.
Alcohol (10 notes)
Aldehydic (18 notes)
Almond (26 notes)
Amber (259 notes)
Animalic (258 notes)
Anis (11 notes)
Aquatic (161 notes)
Aromatic (436 notes)
Asphault (1 note)
Bacon (1 note)
Balsamic (358 notes)
Bbq (2 notes)
Beeswax (8 notes)
Bitter (58 notes)
Cacao (15 notes)
Camphor (27 notes)
Cannabis (3 notes)
Caramel (54 notes)
Champagne (1 note)
Cherry (13 notes)
Chocolate (16 notes)
Cinnamon (13 notes)
Citrus (331 notes)
Clay (2 notes)
Coca Cola (1 note)
Coconut (14 notes)
Coffee (8 notes)
Conifer (39 notes)
Earthy (360 notes)
Floral (600 notes)
Fresh (524 notes)
Fresh Spicy (327 notes)
Fruity (472 notes)
Gasoline (3 notes)
Gourmand (104 notes)
Green (566 notes)
Herbal (276 notes)
Honey (41 notes)
Hot Iron (1 note)
Industrial Glue (6 notes)
Iris (21 notes)
Lactonic (156 notes)
Lavender (17 notes)
Leather (104 notes)
Marine (36 notes)
Meat (3 notes)
Metallic (10 notes)
Mineral (39 notes)
Mossy (46 notes)
Musky (353 notes)
Nutty (92 notes)
Oily (8 notes)
Oud (37 notes)
Ozonic (78 notes)
Paper (4 notes)
Patchouli (59 notes)
Pear (5 notes)
Plastic (4 notes)
Powdery (290 notes)
Rose (193 notes)
Rubber (5 notes)
Rum (4 notes)
Sake (1 note)
Salty (28 notes)
Sand (3 notes)
Savory (28 notes)
Smoky (157 notes)
Soapy (21 notes)
Soft Spicy (189 notes)
Sour (35 notes)
Spicy (32 notes)
Sweet (712 notes)
Tennis Ball (1 note)
Terpenic (3 notes)
Tobacco (21 notes)
Tropical (125 notes)
Tuberose (7 notes)
Vanilla (250 notes)
Varnish (4 notes)
Vinyl (1 note)
Violet (44 notes)
Vodka (1 note)
Warm Spicy (325 notes)
Wet Plaster (1 note)
Whiskey (3 notes)
White Floral (264 notes)
Wine (4 notes)
Woody (503 notes)
Yellow Floral (64 notes)