Perfumes with Clove

Clove smells hot, pungent and slightly sweet, with a smoky, almost medicinal edge: the familiar eugenol-rich warmth of the dried flower bud used in cooking and mulled drinks.

The oil comes from the buds, leaves or stems of Syzygium aromaticum, grown in Indonesia and Madagascar, and is obtained by steam distillation. Eugenol gives it both its spice and the faint dentist's-office note. Clove mostly sits in the heart of a fragrance, though it also flashes in the opening. It pairs especially well with rose, carnation accords, cinnamon, vanilla, orange and resins.

Clove appears in 1,985 perfumes in the Fisfis catalogue and is used mostly as a heart note.

Popular perfumes with Clove

• Gallivant Bukhara (2020)
• Zaharoff Signature Aurum (2023)
• Avon Casbah (1992)
• Sora Dora Red (2024)
• Eris Parfums Scorpio Rising (2022)
• The Merchant of Venice Fenicia (2015)
• Bohoboco Jasmine White Leather (2022)
• Floraiku Volcanic Flowers Floraïku (2020)
• Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Pour Homme Intense (2003)
• Demeter Fragrance Pumpkin Pie (2011)
• Pascal Morabito Or Noir (1980)
• Sospiro Perfumes Duetto (2011)
• Kajal Jihan (2018)
• Jorum Studio Rose Highland (2022)
• House Of Sillage Dignified (2015)
• Faberlic Ramyata
• Maison Alhambra Fortnight (2022)
• Lattafa Perfumes Classic Stone (2025)
• Alexander McQueen McQueen Parfum (2016)
• Les Abstraits La Douleur Exquise (2022)
• Bortnikoff L'Heure Exquise (2018)
• Lorenzo Villoresi Acqua di Colonia (1996)
• Natura Chamego (2010)
• Antonio Visconti Terre de Feu

Notes most often paired with Clove

• Musk
• Vanilla
• Patchouli
• Bergamot
• Sandalwood
• Jasmine
• Amber
• Rose
• Vetiver
• Cinnamon
• Tonka Bean
• Ylang-Ylang