Archive Clove
Base note · Spicy
Clove.
Sharp, medicinal spice with a numbing warmth.
Our read on the material, not a measurement.
What it smells like.
Clove is spice at its sharpest: hot, dry and faintly medicinal, with a numbing quality that is distinctive and easy to overdo. Where cinnamon is warm, clove is pointed, and it has a carnation-like floral edge that is easy to miss.
In small proportion it makes a blend memorable and gives florals a spicy backbone, which is why it works so well under rose. It is the least forgiving material on the bench, though. Too much clove and the blend stops smelling like perfume and starts smelling like a dentist's surgery. Choose it if you want character, and pair it with something soft.
In a blend.
The most intense spice here. A little clove gives a blend real character; slightly too much and it reads as dental.
Spicy. Warm spices that add character and intrigue.
Pairs beautifully with.
Blend with clove.
Pick it at the bench, choose up to four notes per tier, and we blend it by hand in Adelaide.
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