Perfumes with Black Pepper

Perfumes with Black Pepper

Black pepper smells dry, sharp, warm and slightly woody, a spice with the lively, nose-tickling and faintly citrusy freshness of freshly ground peppercorns. It comes from the dried berries of Piper nigrum, produced in India, Vietnam and Indonesia, among others.

The oil is obtained by steam distillation or CO2 extraction of the berries. In perfume it reads as a dry, radiant spice rather than heat. Black pepper mostly sits among the top notes and often extends into the heart. It pairs well with bergamot, grapefruit, cedar, vetiver, leather, incense, rose and lavender.

Black Pepper appears in 4,520 perfumes in the Fisfis catalogue and is used mostly as a top note.

Popular perfumes with Black Pepper

Notes most often paired with Black Pepper