The Scent Compass
by Muzammil
One map for fragrance. Where a perfume sits tells you what it smells like: cool or warm, dry or sweet. How far from the centre tells you how bold it is. And a perfume isn't one point: it opens in one place and dries down in another.
Every perfume on the map
Tap any dot to open that perfume.
The four zones
HONEY
Warm and sweet. Comfort and celebration. Evenings, winter, weddings.
🌶️ Spiced Amber
Tobacco, saffron, cinnamon and warm resin with a sweet edge.
1 Million · Allure Homme · Asad · Bad Boy · Black Opium · Captivate · Club de Nuit Intense Man · Golden Decade +21 more
🍯 Amber
Vanilla, benzoin, labdanum. Round, glowing, enveloping.
9PM · 9PM Pour Femme · Allure Homme Sport · Ambery Cherry · Ambery Saffron · Ambery Vanilla · Aquatic Coconut · Aventus +35 more
🍮 Gourmand & Floral
Desserts, dates and coffee, plus heady sweet flowers.
Angel · Aventus For Her · Bombshell · Bombshell Intense · Daisy · Floral Lavender · Floral Marshmallow · Gabrielle +12 more
BLOOM
Cool and sweet. Bright and easy to love. Daytime and summer.
🍓 Fruity
Berries, pear, pineapple, mango.
Chance Eau Tendre · Gucci Bloom · Infini Rose · Lady Million
🧼 Fresh & Clean
Soapy florals, clean musks, washed cotton.
🍋 Citrus
Lemon, bergamot, grapefruit. Bright and quick.
RAIN
Cool and dry. Air, water and earth. Relief from the heat.
🌊 Aquatic
Sea air, mint, ozone, cold water.
🌿 Aromatic & Green
Lavender, sage, cut grass, violet leaf.
Acqua di Giò · Blue Homme · Instinct · Millésime Impérial · Miss Dior · Silver Mountain Water · Wood Sage & Sea Salt · Woody Sage +2 more
🍂 Earthy
Vetiver, moss, wet soil, first rain.
Acqua di Giò Profumo · Applejuice · Aqua Vitae · Aqva Marine · Barakkat Aqua Stellar · Bleu de Chanel · Coco Mademoiselle · Flowerbomb +15 more
EMBER
Warm and dry. Depth without sugar. Oud, smoke, woods, leather.
🪵 Clean Woods
Cedar, dry vetiver, fresh woods.
Black Diamond · Blue Iconic · Born in Roma Uomo · Cool Water · Dior Homme Intense · Dylan Blue · Explorer · Gentleman Intense +10 more
🌲 Oud & Deep Woods
Oud, sandalwood, patchouli, incense woods.
Club de Nuit Urban Man Elixir · Cocktail Intense · Fabulo Intense · Gallant · Hero · Imagination · Janan · L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme +8 more
🔥 Smoke & Leather
Leather, incense, birch smoke, dry spice.
Abiyad Musk · Absolu Aventus · Amber & Leather · Arabian Night · Asdaaf Ameerat Al Arab · Baccarat Rouge 540 · Bade'e Al Oud Safwa · Bakhoor +35 more
How placements are worked out
- Each note is scored on 12 accords (citrus, green, aromatic, fruity, floral, spicy, gourmand, woody, amber, smoky, musk, aquatic).
- Warmth and sweetness are weighted sums of those accords; their direction picks one of 12 families, their distance from the centre sets boldness (Core, Character, Edge).
- The journey blends what is still evaporating at each stage: top plus heart plus base at the opening, heart plus base in the middle, base at the dry-down.
- Placements on this site are estimates from listed notes. Placements tested on skin will be marked as such.