Perfumes with Musk

Musk is a soft, clean and slightly warm scent that sits close to the skin, ranging from powdery and soapy to faintly animalic, and it is one of the longest-lasting materials in perfumery. The name comes from a gland of the musk deer, but modern perfumery relies entirely on synthetic musk molecules.

In plain terms it smells like freshly washed cotton, warm skin and a gentle sweetness. Because it evaporates very slowly, musk is almost always a base note, anchoring the composition and extending its wear. It pairs naturally with vanilla, sandalwood, rose, iris and amber, and it softens the edges of floral and woody blends.

Musk appears in 46,265 perfumes in the Fisfis catalogue and is used mostly as a base note.