Perfumes with Almond

Almond smells sweet, slightly bitter, marzipan-like and creamy, recalling amaretti biscuits, almond paste and a faint hint of cherry in a soft, comforting way. In perfumery the main source of this scent is a molecule called benzaldehyde.

Benzaldehyde occurs naturally in bitter almonds and apricot kernels but is usually used in synthetic form. Almond appears in the top and heart, and sometimes in the base. It pairs well with heliotrope, vanilla, tonka bean, cherry, rose, musk and sandalwood, and it adds a warm softness to powdery and gourmand compositions.

Almond appears in 2,568 perfumes in the Fisfis catalogue and is used mostly as a heart note.

Popular perfumes with Almond

• Dior Hypnotic Poison (1998)
• Carolina Herrera Good Girl (2016)
• Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire (2012)
• Sol De Janeiro Cheirosa '62
• By Kilian Black Phantom (2017)
• Guerlain L’Homme Idéal Eau de Parfum (2016)
• Dior Poison Girl (2016)
• Burberry Brit (2003)
• Givenchy Pi (1998)
• Bvlgari Jasmin Noir (2008)
• Jo Malone London Myrrh & Tonka (2016)
• Guerlain Champs Elysees Eau de Toilette (1996)
• Lalique Le Parfum (2005)
• By Kilian Back to Black (2009)
• Amouage Sunshine Woman (2014)
• Guerlain L’Homme Idéal (2014)
• Elie Saab Girl of Now (2017)
• Guerlain L'Instant Magic (2007)
• Jessica Simpson Fancy (2008)
• Serge Lutens Datura Noir (2001)
• Dior Hypnotic Poison Eau de Parfum (2014)
• Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight in Paris Van Cleef & Arpels (2010)
• Casamorati 1888 Italica (2021) (2021)
• Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel (1975)

Notes most often paired with Almond

• Vanilla
• Musk
• Tonka Bean
• Sandalwood
• Amber
• Bergamot
• Patchouli
• Rose
• Jasmine
• Heliotrope
• Orange Blossom
• Mandarin Orange