Mineral perfumes

The mineral accord is a scent family that captures the cool, dry and slightly dusty smell of inert surfaces such as wet stone, pebbles, chalk, rock or concrete after rain. It gives a fragrance a clean, modern and cool texture.

Since stone itself has no smell, the effect is built as an illusion using ambergris-type molecules, aldehydes, iris, vetiver, salty notes and certain sulfur compounds that suggest struck flint. Mineral notes are usually felt in the heart and base. They pair often with salty, aquatic, metallic, woody and iris accords. With their calm character, mineral fragrances suit spring and autumn days, the office and city life.

The Mineral accord appears in 752 perfumes in the Fisfis catalogue. Below are the most popular scents where it leads.