Archive Lavender
Heart note · Aromatic
Lavender.
Clean herbal floral, cool at the top and faintly sweet underneath.
Our read on the material, not a measurement.
What it smells like.
Lavender sits between a herb and a flower. The top of it is cool, camphorous and clean; underneath there is a soft, almost honeyed sweetness. It is one of the most recognisable materials in perfumery, which is both its strength and its problem.
It makes a blend smell composed, and over tonka or vanilla it produces the warm, powdery accord that has anchored classic masculine fragrances for a century. That familiarity is the thing to watch: too much lavender and the blend stops smelling like yours and starts smelling like a shaving soap. A little sage or cardamom keeps it modern.
Lavender oil is distilled from the flowering tops of a plant that has been farmed for scent since Roman times, most famously across Provence. It is the backbone of the fougère, the oldest continuously worn fragrance structure there is, and it remains the fastest way to make a composition read as clean.
Further reading: Lavender oil, Wikipedia
In a blend.
The classic groomed note. Lavender reads as fresh and tidy. It also reads as barbershop, so it can date a blend if you lean on it.
Aromatic. Herbal and green, closer to a garden than a bouquet. Shop the aromatic scents.
Pairs beautifully with.
The 4 scents built with it.
Questions about lavender.
What does lavender smell like?
Clean herbal floral, cool at the top and faintly sweet underneath. Lavender sits between a herb and a flower. The top of it is cool, camphorous and clean; underneath there is a soft, almost honeyed sweetness. It is one of the most recognisable materials in perfumery, which is both its strength and its problem.
Is lavender a top, heart or base note?
It sits in the heart, which is the part of a fragrance you notice once the opening has settled. The classic groomed note. Lavender reads as fresh and tidy. It also reads as barbershop, so it can date a blend if you lean on it.
What does lavender pair well with?
The studio would start with tonka bean, sage, bergamot and cedarwood. It makes a blend smell composed, and over tonka or vanilla it produces the warm, powdery accord that has anchored classic masculine fragrances for a century. That familiarity is the thing to watch: too much lavender and the blend stops smelling like yours and starts smelling like a shaving soap. A little sage or cardamom keeps it modern.
What fragrance family is lavender in?
Aromatic. Herbal and green, closer to a garden than a bouquet.
Which Next Fragrance scents contain lavender?
4, including Next Oasis - Essential Oil, Next Moss - Essential Oil and Next Oasis - Room Spray. Every note listed on a product page is the real pyramid for that fragrance.
Can I use lavender 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.
Blend with lavender.
Pick it at the bench, choose up to four notes per tier, and we blend it by hand in Adelaide.
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