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 (13 notes)
Aldehydic (18 notes)
Almond (28 notes)
Amber (261 notes)
Animalic (262 notes)
Anis (11 notes)
Aquatic (163 notes)
Aromatic (439 notes)
Asphault (2 notes)
Bacon (1 note)
Balsamic (365 notes)
Bbq (2 notes)
Beeswax (9 notes)
Bitter (59 notes)
Cacao (17 notes)
Camphor (27 notes)
Cannabis (3 notes)
Caramel (59 notes)
Champagne (1 note)
Cherry (13 notes)
Chocolate (19 notes)
Cinnamon (13 notes)
Citrus (334 notes)
Clay (2 notes)
Coca Cola (1 note)
Coconut (15 notes)
Coffee (10 notes)
Conifer (39 notes)
Earthy (368 notes)
Floral (614 notes)
Fresh (537 notes)
Fresh Spicy (328 notes)
Fruity (482 notes)
Gasoline (3 notes)
Gourmand (117 notes)
Green (577 notes)
Herbal (281 notes)
Honey (42 notes)
Hot Iron (2 notes)
Industrial Glue (7 notes)
Iris (22 notes)
Lactonic (163 notes)
Lavender (18 notes)
Leather (107 notes)
Marine (38 notes)
Meat (3 notes)
Metallic (11 notes)
Mineral (40 notes)
Mossy (49 notes)
Musky (355 notes)
Nutty (101 notes)
Oily (8 notes)
Oud (38 notes)
Ozonic (82 notes)
Paper (4 notes)
Patchouli (59 notes)
Pear (5 notes)
Plastic (4 notes)
Powdery (296 notes)
Rose (196 notes)
Rubber (5 notes)
Rum (4 notes)
Sake (2 notes)
Salty (28 notes)
Sand (3 notes)
Savory (30 notes)
Smoky (161 notes)
Soapy (21 notes)
Soft Spicy (190 notes)
Sour (38 notes)
Spicy (33 notes)
Sweet (740 notes)
Tennis Ball (1 note)
Terpenic (3 notes)
Tobacco (21 notes)
Tropical (127 notes)
Tuberose (8 notes)
Vanilla (256 notes)
Varnish (4 notes)
Vinyl (1 note)
Violet (45 notes)
Vodka (1 note)
Warm Spicy (327 notes)
Wet Plaster (1 note)
Whiskey (3 notes)
White Floral (270 notes)
Wine (5 notes)
Woody (508 notes)
Yellow Floral (64 notes)