Sweet fragrances
Sugary and fruity. Easy to like, easy to overdo.
What they smell like
- Apple Crunchy and tart or soft and red, depending on the treatment.
- Apricot Warm, jammy stone fruit. Often hiding inside osmanthus.
- Banana Creamy and slightly solventy. Easy to overdo and rarely subtle.
- Black Cherry Darker, boozier cherry. Reads more grown-up.
- Blackberry Dark, jammy and wine-like. Deeper than most berries.
- Blackcurrant Tart, dark and slightly catty. Adds bite to florals.
- Blueberry Dark, jammy berry. Softer and less sharp than blackcurrant.
- Cherry Sweet, syrupy and a bit almondy. Currently everywhere.
- Cranberry Tart red fruit with a dry, astringent edge.
- Dragon Fruit Mild, watery and faintly sweet tropical fruit.
- Fig Green, milky and jammy at once. One of the most interesting fruits in perfume.
- Grape Purple, candied, unmistakably artificial. Reads as sweet before fruit.
- Green Apple Tart, crunchy and sharp. Cleaner and cooler than red apple.
- Guava Tropical, tart and faintly funky. Sharper than mango.
- Kiwi Tart, green and juicy. Sharp without being citrus.
- Lychee Rosy, watery and delicate. Sweet without being heavy.
- Mango Thick, sweet and tropical. Creamy rather than sharp.
- Melon Soft, watery sweetness. Often paired with aquatics.
- Naseberry A tropical fruit that tastes like brown sugar and pear. Soft, malty and mellow.
- Papaya Soft tropical flesh, musky and a little sulphurous.
- Passionfruit Sharp, tropical and slightly sulphurous. Vivid and modern.
- Peach Fuzzy, warm and slightly creamy. Soft rather than sharp.
- Pear Crisp, watery and green-sweet. Clean and modern.
- Persimmon Soft, honeyed orange fruit. Mellow and slightly floral.
- Pineapple Tangy, boozy and tropical. Loud and hard to hide.
- Plum Dark, wine-like and slightly stewed. Autumnal.
- Pomegranate Tart, juicy and jewel-red. Sharper than most berries.
- Quince Tart, floral apple-pear. Crisp and slightly perfumey.
- Raspberry Tart, jammy and slightly fuzzy. Very popular in modern sweet scents.
- Red Berries Generic jammy berry blend. Bright, sweet and crowd-pleasing.
- Starfruit Watery, green-tart tropical fruit. Common in nineties aquatics.
- Strawberry Sweet and candied. Rarely smells like the real fruit.
- Watermelon Watery, sugary and very summery. Can read a bit sweet-shop.
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