Faqqua Iris: A Scent for Gaza 30ml | Palestine's National Flower
Faqqua Iris: A Scent for Gaza 30ml | Palestine's National Flower
Beauty, Resilience & Hope for Gaza
A profound tribute to Palestine's national flower. Faqqua Iris: A Scent for Gaza symbolizes the deep connection of the Palestinian people to their land, embodying quiet strength and resilience. All profits support those suffering in Gaza.
💜 Why This Fragrance Matters
- Meaningful purchase – All profits go to charities supporting Gaza (£20,000+ donated so far)
- Beautiful tribute – Honors Palestine's national flower with elegant iris perfume
- Rich yet fresh – Simultaneously bold and earthy, feminine and powerful
- Exceptional quality – 30ml Eau de Parfum with lasting presence
- Handmade in London – Artisan-crafted with care and purpose
🌸 The Olfactory Journey
Opening: Fresh & Vibrant
Violet • Vibrant Green • Fruity Accord
Opens with delicate yet vibrant violet, bright green notes, and subtle fruity accord. Fresh, light, and herbaceous – reminiscent of fresh blooms and verdant landscapes.
Heart: Sophisticated & Grounded
Orris • Cedar
The powdery elegance of orris, associated with sophistication and depth, intertwines with grounding cedar warmth. A rich yet balanced floral-woody core that allows the iris to bloom with character.
Base: Comforting & Enduring
White Musk • Earthy Oak Moss • Warm Amberwood • Soft Iris
Settles into clean white musk, earthy oak moss, and warm amberwood, culminating in the soft, enduring presence of iris that sweetens slightly on the dry down without becoming overly so.
🎯 Perfect For
- Those who want their purchase to make a meaningful difference
- Lovers of elegant, powdery floral fragrances
- Anyone seeking a powerful, feminine scent with depth
- Supporting Palestinian freedom and humanitarian aid
💚 Where Your Money Goes
All profits from Faqqua Iris support Gaza. We've donated around £20,000 to charities including UNRWA, PRCS, and MAP. Some funds are directed to our perfumer's court case against the NHS trust which suspended him for speaking out against Israel. Please let us know if you have a preference for where proceeds from your order go.
📦 What's Included
- 30ml Eau de Parfum in elegant glass bottle
- Premium atomizer for precise application
- Minimal, thoughtful packaging
- Free UK delivery
- The knowledge that your purchase supports Gaza
❓ Common Questions
How much of my purchase goes to charity?
All profits from this fragrance go to charities supporting Gaza. We're a small business with modest profits, but we're committed to this cause.
What does iris smell like?
Iris has a powdery, elegant, slightly earthy quality. It's sophisticated, feminine, and beautifully balanced with violet and cedar in this composition.
Can I choose which charity receives my contribution?
Yes! Please let us know your preference when ordering. We support UNRWA, PRCS, MAP, and our perfumer's legal defense.
🌿 Our Palestine Collection
Our Palestine collection celebrates the freedom owed to the Palestinians. This fragrance is more than perfume – it's a poignant reminder of struggle and hope, evoking beauty, deep pride, and resilience. Every bottle purchased helps those in need.
Ready to make a difference? Add to cart and support Gaza with beauty.
Here is a comprehensive glossary of the individual scent notes found in Rook Perfumes' collection, describing what each note typically smells like in perfumery:
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Aldambre: A synthetic amber-woody note, often described as warm, dry, and slightly animalic, providing a strong base.
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Amber: A warm, resinous, sweet, and cozy aroma, often created from a blend of resins (like labdanum, benzoin), vanilla, and sometimes spices. It imparts a feeling of warmth and luxury.
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Ambergris: A rare and precious material (or synthetic substitute) with a unique marine, salty, slightly sweet, and musky aroma. It adds depth, longevity, and a captivating animalic warmth.
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Amyris: Also known as West Indian Sandalwood, it has a warm, woody, balsamic, and slightly vanilla-like aroma, often used as a more affordable alternative or complement to true sandalwood.
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Animalic Musk: A broad term for musks that evoke warm, sensual, and sometimes slightly dirty or fecal nuances, adding depth, warmth, and a primal allure to a fragrance. (See also Musk, Musk Ketone).
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Astroturf: A unique, specific note likely designed to evoke the scent of artificial grass, potentially combining green, slightly rubbery, or plastic facets.
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Baklava Musk: A specific interpretation likely blending sweet gourmand elements reminiscent of baklava (honey, nuts, spices) with a musky base.
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Bark: The natural, woody, slightly rough, and sometimes earthy aroma of tree bark, often providing a grounding and rustic quality.
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Benzoin: A sweet, balsamic resin with a warm, vanilla-like, and slightly powdery aroma, often used in oriental and amber compositions for richness and longevity.
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Bergamot (Zesty Bergamot): A bright, fresh, citrusy, and slightly bitter aroma, derived from the peel of the bergamot orange. It's a common top note, adding sparkle and uplift.
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Birch Tar: A intensely smoky, leathery, and phenolic note derived from birch bark, lending a distinctive, rugged, and sometimes medicinal smoky character.
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Black Tea: A rich, slightly smoky, earthy, and aromatic scent with hints of dried leaves and a subtle tannic quality, evoking the aroma of brewed black tea.
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Candle Wax: A unique note designed to evoke the specific waxy, slightly sweet, and subtly smoky scent of a burning candle.
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Cardamom: A warm, spicy, aromatic, and slightly sweet note with green and balsamic undertones, often used in oriental and gourmand fragrances.
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Cashmeran: A synthetic musk with a soft, woody, musky, spicy, and slightly powdery aroma, often described as "cashmere wood" for its comforting feel.
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Castoreum: A potent animalic note (often used synthetically now) with a leathery, musky, smoky, and slightly fecal aroma, used to add warmth, depth, and a sensual edge.
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Cedar (Cedarwood, Chinese Cedar Accord, Dry Cedarwood): A dry, woody, sharp, and sometimes pencil-shaving-like aroma. Chinese Cedar can have a slightly drier, more aromatic profile. It provides a solid, grounding base.
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Champaca (Red Champaca): A highly fragrant, creamy, and exotic floral note with nuances of fruit, tea, and slight spice. Red Champaca might imply a richer, more opulent floral aspect.
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Cinnamon: A warm, sweet, spicy, and comforting aroma, reminiscent of cinnamon bark, often used in oriental and gourmand compositions.
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Coffee: A rich, dark, roasted, and slightly bitter aroma, evoking the scent of freshly brewed coffee beans.
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Cold Air: An ethereal note aiming to capture the crisp, clean, and slightly metallic or ozonic sensation of very cold air, often with subtle frosty undertones.
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Concrete Floors: A distinctive, industrial note designed to evoke the dry, mineral, dusty, and slightly cool scent of concrete.
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Conifer Needles: The sharp, green, resinous, and fresh scent of pine or fir needles, common in forest-inspired fragrances.
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Creamy Sandalwood: A smooth, milky, soft, and warm woody aroma, often sweeter and less sharp than other woods.
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Creamy Vanilla: A soft, luscious, sweet, and comforting aroma of vanilla bean, often with milky or buttery undertones.
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Dry Leather: A less overtly animalic and more refined take on leather, evoking the smell of well-worn, dry leather goods, often with woody or smoky facets.
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Dry Woods: A general term for woody notes that are devoid of greenness or sweetness, offering a crisp, clean, and sometimes arid woody character.
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Earthy: A broad term for scents reminiscent of soil, damp earth, roots, or mineral ground, often grounding and natural.
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Fir Balsam: A sweet, resinous, green, and slightly balsamic aroma of fir trees, evocative of coniferous forests.
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Floral Sweetness: A general term for a sweet nuance derived from floral notes, often indicating a bouquet's gentle sugary aspect.
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Frankincense (Sacred Olibanum): A classic incense note that is resinous, woody, slightly lemony, and intensely spiritual or meditative.
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Fresh Ozonic Breeze: A clean, airy, expansive note that evokes the smell of fresh air after a storm, often with subtle aquatic or metallic facets.
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Galbanum: A green, bitter, sharp, and resinous note, lending a vibrant, herbaceous, and sometimes slightly peppery quality.
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Gasoline Accord: A daring and specific note designed to mimic the sharp, volatile, and slightly sweet aroma of gasoline, adding an edgy, urban, or industrial facet.
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Geranium Leaves (Green Geranium Leaves): A green, herbaceous, slightly rosy, and minty aroma, providing a fresh and leafy floral nuance.
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Graffitied Desks: A highly specific conceptual note, likely combining elements of wood, pencil shavings, and perhaps a subtle metallic or inky nuance to evoke school desks.
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Green Sap: The fresh, slightly milky, and vibrant aroma of freshly cut plant stems or leaves, conveying a living, growing greenness.
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Handcrafted Perfumes: Not a scent note itself, but denotes the artisanal, unique, and often high-quality nature of your fragrances.
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Honey: A sweet, golden, and often slightly animalic aroma, evoking the rich scent of honey.
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Incense: A broad term for notes that evoke burning resins or woods, typically smoky, woody, and spiritual (e.g., frankincense, myrrh).
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Indole: A powerful, complex molecule naturally found in many white flowers (like jasmine), often described as heady, animalic, and sometimes slightly fecal in concentration, but fresh and heady in dilution.
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Iris: A highly prized and complex note derived from the root (rhizome) of the iris flower. It is powdery, earthy, woody, subtly floral, and often described as having a carrot-like or rooty nuance.
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Jasmine (Indolic Jasmine): A rich, sweet, intensely floral, and heady white flower scent. "Indolic" refers to its potent, slightly animalic, and intoxicating quality.
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Juicy Melon: The sweet, watery, and refreshing aroma of ripe melon, often with a slightly green or fruity overtone.
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Labdanum: A warm, resinous, leathery, and amber-like note with sweet and musky undertones, often used in oriental and chypre compositions for depth.
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Leather: A classic note that can range from soft and supple to smoky and animalic, evoking the smell of cured leather, often with smoky, woody, or even rubbery facets.
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Leather Accord: A blend of notes formulated to replicate the smell of leather.
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Lichen: A dry, earthy, mossy, and slightly mineral aroma, often contributing a damp, forest-floor quality.
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Lily: A fresh, sweet, and sometimes slightly spicy or waxy white floral note.
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Lime: A sharp, zesty, tart, and uplifting citrus note, providing a burst of freshness.
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Mandarin: A sweet, juicy, and slightly tangy citrus note, softer and less sharp than orange.
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Matcha: The specific, slightly bitter, earthy, and aromatic scent of green tea powder, often with creamy or grassy nuances.
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Melon: See Juicy Melon.
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Metallic: A sharp, cool, slightly sterile, and sometimes blood-like or iron-like aroma, often used for abstract or futuristic effects.
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Mineral: A dry, earthy, cool, and often stony or dusty aroma, evoking the smell of rocks, concrete, or dry earth.
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Misk: A specific animalic musk, likely with unique characteristics.
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Moss (Oak Moss): A classic, earthy, damp, woody, and slightly bitter green note, central to chypre fragrances, evoking the smell of forest floor.
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Mushroom: A unique, earthy, damp, and slightly pungent aroma, evoking the smell of fresh mushrooms or forest soil.
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Musk (Animalic Musk, Musk Ketone, Soft Musk, Warm Musk): A broad and complex category. Musks are often described as clean, powdery, warm, sensual, skin-like, or animalic. They add depth, longevity, and a subtle allure to fragrances.
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Myrrh: A warm, bitter, resinous, and slightly balsamic incense note with smoky and earthy undertones.
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Neroli: A fresh, green, slightly bitter, and honeyed white floral note derived from the bitter orange blossom.
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New Books: A specific conceptual note aiming to capture the scent of paper, ink, and binding glue found in brand new books.
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Oak: A woody, dry, slightly smoky, and tannic note, evocative of oak barrels or oak trees.
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Oak Moss: See Moss.
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Olibanum: See Frankincense.
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Opulent Rose Absolute: A rich, deep, intensely floral, and slightly sweet aroma of rose, often indicating a concentrated and luxurious rendition.
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Orange (Sweet Orange): A bright, juicy, sweet, and uplifting citrus note.
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Orange Blossom: A sweet, heady, and slightly indolic white floral note from the bitter orange tree.
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Orange Peel: The sharp, zesty, and slightly bitter aroma of fresh orange peel.
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Orris: Derived from the iris root, Orris is a precious note known for its powdery, earthy, woody, and slightly floral aroma, often described as complex and elegant.
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Oud: A rare and highly prized dark, woody, animalic, and often smoky aroma, derived from agarwood, known for its intensity and depth.
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Ozone (Ozonic): A clean, fresh, airy, and sometimes slightly metallic or watery aroma, evoking the scent of fresh air after a thunderstorm or sea breeze.
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Patchouli: An earthy, woody, damp, and slightly sweet aroma, often described as dark, rich, and mysterious.
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Peach (Ripe Peach): A sweet, juicy, and velvety fruity aroma.
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Peat: A deep, earthy, smoky, and slightly damp aroma, often associated with whisky or rich soil.
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Pencil Shavings: A dry, woody, and slightly aromatic note, specifically evoking the scent of freshly sharpened pencils, often associated with cedar.
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Pine: A sharp, fresh, resinous, and green aroma, characteristic of pine trees.
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Pistachio: A nutty, creamy, and slightly green aroma, often used in gourmand contexts.
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Plimsolls (Rubber Plimsolls): A very specific, conceptual note designed to evoke the unique rubbery, slightly dusty smell of gym shoes or plimsolls.
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Powdery Accords: A soft, dry, and often gentle scent that can evoke the feeling of talcum powder, cosmetics, or dried flowers.
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Resins: A broad category for sticky, aromatic tree saps (like frankincense, myrrh, benzoin, labdanum) that often provide warm, sweet, balsamic, and spiritual facets.
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Rose Absolute: See Opulent Rose Absolute.
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Rosewood: A soft, woody, slightly floral, and gentle spicy aroma.
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Rubber Plimsolls: See Plimsolls.
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Sacred Olibanum: See Frankincense.
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Salt (Salty Sea Accord): A mineral, crisp, and slightly briny aroma, evoking the scent of sea air or ocean water.
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Sandalwood (Creamy Sandalwood): A smooth, creamy, warm, and milky woody aroma, often with sweet and spiritual nuances.
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School: A conceptual note likely blending elements of various "school" related smells (paper, wood, rubber, etc.).
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Sea Salt: See Salt.
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Sensual Musk: See Musk.
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Smokey (Comforting Smoke, Soft Smoke, Smoky Wood Shavings): A broad term for notes that evoke the aroma of burning wood, incense, or char. It can range from harsh and acrid to soft and comforting.
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Soil: A rich, damp, earthy, and mineral aroma, evoking the smell of fresh earth.
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Spices (Warm Spices): A general term for notes derived from aromatic spices (e.g., cinnamon, cardamom, clove), providing warmth, pungency, and complexity.
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Suede: A refined, soft, and slightly dusty leather note, less animalic than raw leather, often with powdery or musky undertones.
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Sweet: A general term for any note that imparts a sugary, honeyed, or confectionary quality.
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Tea (Black Tea, Matcha): The aromatic and often slightly tannic scent of tea leaves, varying by type (e.g., green, black, white).
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Teak Wood: A rich, warm, dry, and sometimes slightly leathery or smoky woody aroma.
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Toasted Marshmallow: A sweet, warm, gourmand note evoking the caramelized, slightly smoky sweetness of toasted marshmallows.
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Trees: A general term for woody, green, and often earthy notes reminiscent of a forest environment.
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Vanilla (Creamy Vanilla): A sweet, creamy, warm, and comforting aroma derived from the vanilla bean.
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Vetiver: An earthy, woody, smoky, and sometimes green or slightly rooty aroma, known for its grounding and sophisticated qualities.
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Violet: A delicate, powdery, slightly green, and sometimes sweet floral note, often described as ethereal.
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Warm Musk: See Musk.
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Wet Concrete: A specific, mineral, damp, and slightly dusty aroma, evoking the smell of rain on pavement.
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White Flowers: A general term for a bouquet of lush, heady, and often sweet-smelling flowers like jasmine, tuberose, gardenia, or orange blossom.
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Woody Amber: A blend that combines the warmth and sweetness of amber with the dry, grounding quality of woody notes.
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Woody (Dry Woods): A broad category for notes derived from trees, encompassing everything from dry and sharp (cedar) to warm and creamy (sandalwood).
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Woody Amber: A blend that combines the warmth and sweetness of amber with the dry, grounding quality of woody notes.
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Ylang-Ylang: A sweet, creamy, heady, and exotic floral note with fruity and slightly rubbery undertones.