Perfumes with Ylang-Ylang

Ylang-ylang smells rich, sweet, creamy and slightly banana-like, a tropical floral with honeyed, faintly spicy and almost custard-like facets on the skin. It comes from the yellow flowers of the Cananga odorata tree, grown mainly in the Comoros, Madagascar and Mayotte.

The flowers are steam-distilled in stages, and the first, finest fraction is called extra, followed by grades I, II and III. The scent is sunny and full-bodied. Ylang-ylang mostly sits in the heart of a fragrance. It pairs well with jasmine, tuberose, rose, vanilla, sandalwood, coconut and bergamot.

Ylang-Ylang appears in 8,033 perfumes in the Fisfis catalogue and is used mostly as a heart note.

Popular perfumes with Ylang-Ylang

• Jean Patou Joy (1930)
• Mugler Angel Elixir (2023)
• Lancôme La Vie Est Belle Soleil Cristal Lancôme (2021)
• Chloé See By Chloé Chloé (2012)
• M. Micallef Ylang in Gold M. Micallef (2012)
• Amouage Jubilation 25 Woman (2007)
• Guerlain Samsara Eau de Toilette (1989)
• Cacharel Anais Anais L’Original Eau de Toilette (2014)
• Lorenzo Villoresi Teint de Neige (2000)
• Juliette Has A Gun Lust for Sun (2023)
• Hermès Caleche Hermès (1961)
• Robert Piguet Bandit (1944)
• Parfums de Marly Safanad (2013)
• Moschino Fresh Couture (2015)
• Cartier Must de (1981)
• Estee Lauder Estee Estée Lauder (1968)
• Amouage Ubar (1995)
• Escada Especially (2011)
• Chloé Chloé (Parfums Chloé) Chloé (1975)
• Zoologist Perfumes Tyrannosaurus Rex (2018)
• Paris Hilton Heiress (2006)
• Goutal Eau d'Hadrien (1980)
• Guerlain Apres l'Ondee (1906)
• Molinard Habanita (1921)

Notes most often paired with Ylang-Ylang

• Jasmine
• Sandalwood
• Musk
• Bergamot
• Vanilla
• Rose
• Amber
• Patchouli
• Vetiver
• Tuberose
• Orange Blossom
• Cedar