Rose and patchouli

Petal-like floral body can range from fresh and green to fruity, spicy or warmly honeyed. Rose can lead a bouquet or link bright fruit to woods, musks and amber. Compare its fresh-petal side with its richer warmth: a rose note need not smell like sweet jam, and the name does not specify one flower extract.

Earthy, green and darkly woody, with facets that can suggest damp leaves, cocoa or a cool camphor-like edge. Patchouli gives flowers and sweet fruit a deeper ground and can connect them to resins. It differs from vetiver’s drier root-like line; these associations do not add cocoa or camphor as separate ingredients.