Is cinnamon a top, heart or base note?

It is a base note, so it appears last and stays longest. Real heat. Cinnamon makes a blend cold-weather and festive. In summer, or in an office, it can be too much.

Which Next Fragrance scents contain cinnamon?

4, including Next Slate - Eau De Parfum, Next Maroon - Eau De Parfum and Next Slate - Perfume Oil. Every note listed on a product page is the real pyramid for that fragrance.

Can I use cinnamon in a custom blend?

Yes. It is one of the 42 notes you can choose at the Bench, where you build across the three tiers and we blend it by hand in Adelaide.

Archive Cinnamon

Base note · Spicy

Cinnamon.

Q: What does cinnamon smell like?

Hot, sweet bark with a dry, dusty finish. Cinnamon is hot and sweet with a dry, dusty edge, closer to the bark than to anything baked. It is one of the most immediately recognisable notes in the range and one of the most seasonal: it reads as warm in a way that has a temperature, not just a mood.

Q: What does cinnamon pair well with?

The studio would start with vanilla, rum, mandarin and tonka bean. It gives a blend body and a festive richness, and over vanilla or rum it makes something genuinely comforting. It is also easy to overplay. Cinnamon with clove and ginger together is mulled wine rather than a fragrance, and a heavy cinnamon blend worn in an Australian summer will feel like a mistake by lunchtime.

Q: What fragrance family is cinnamon in?

Spicy. Warm spices that add character and intrigue.

Hot, sweet bark with a dry, dusty finish.

How loudly it speaksCarries

Our read on the material, not a measurement.

Build with cinnamon at the bench

What it smells like.

Cinnamon is hot and sweet with a dry, dusty edge, closer to the bark than to anything baked. It is one of the most immediately recognisable notes in the range and one of the most seasonal: it reads as warm in a way that has a temperature, not just a mood.

It gives a blend body and a festive richness, and over vanilla or rum it makes something genuinely comforting. It is also easy to overplay. Cinnamon with clove and ginger together is mulled wine rather than a fragrance, and a heavy cinnamon blend worn in an Australian summer will feel like a mistake by lunchtime.