Undergrowth Eau de Parfum 50ml

Here is a comprehensive glossary of the individual scent notes found in Rook Perfumes' collection, describing what each note typically smells like in perfumery:

• Aldambre: A synthetic amber-woody note, often described as warm, dry, and slightly animalic, providing a strong base.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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).

• Astroturf: A unique, specific note likely designed to evoke the scent of artificial grass, potentially combining green, slightly rubbery, or plastic facets.

• Baklava Musk: A specific interpretation likely blending sweet gourmand elements reminiscent of baklava (honey, nuts, spices) with a musky base.

• Bark: The natural, woody, slightly rough, and sometimes earthy aroma of tree bark, often providing a grounding and rustic quality.

• 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.

• 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.

• Birch Tar: A intensely smoky, leathery, and phenolic note derived from birch bark, lending a distinctive, rugged, and sometimes medicinal smoky character.

• 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.

• Candle Wax: A unique note designed to evoke the specific waxy, slightly sweet, and subtly smoky scent of a burning candle.

• Cardamom: A warm, spicy, aromatic, and slightly sweet note with green and balsamic undertones, often used in oriental and gourmand fragrances.

• Cashmeran: A synthetic musk with a soft, woody, musky, spicy, and slightly powdery aroma, often described as "cashmere wood" for its comforting feel.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Cinnamon: A warm, sweet, spicy, and comforting aroma, reminiscent of cinnamon bark, often used in oriental and gourmand compositions.

• Coffee: A rich, dark, roasted, and slightly bitter aroma, evoking the scent of freshly brewed coffee beans.

• 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.

• Concrete Floors: A distinctive, industrial note designed to evoke the dry, mineral, dusty, and slightly cool scent of concrete.

• Conifer Needles: The sharp, green, resinous, and fresh scent of pine or fir needles, common in forest-inspired fragrances.

• Creamy Sandalwood: A smooth, milky, soft, and warm woody aroma, often sweeter and less sharp than other woods.

• Creamy Vanilla: A soft, luscious, sweet, and comforting aroma of vanilla bean, often with milky or buttery undertones.

• 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.

• Dry Woods: A general term for woody notes that are devoid of greenness or sweetness, offering a crisp, clean, and sometimes arid woody character.

• Earthy: A broad term for scents reminiscent of soil, damp earth, roots, or mineral ground, often grounding and natural.

• Fir Balsam: A sweet, resinous, green, and slightly balsamic aroma of fir trees, evocative of coniferous forests.

• Floral Sweetness: A general term for a sweet nuance derived from floral notes, often indicating a bouquet's gentle sugary aspect.

• Frankincense (Sacred Olibanum): A classic incense note that is resinous, woody, slightly lemony, and intensely spiritual or meditative.

• 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.

• Galbanum: A green, bitter, sharp, and resinous note, lending a vibrant, herbaceous, and sometimes slightly peppery quality.

• 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.

• Geranium Leaves (Green Geranium Leaves): A green, herbaceous, slightly rosy, and minty aroma, providing a fresh and leafy floral nuance.

• 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.

• Green Sap: The fresh, slightly milky, and vibrant aroma of freshly cut plant stems or leaves, conveying a living, growing greenness.

• Handcrafted Perfumes: Not a scent note itself, but denotes the artisanal, unique, and often high-quality nature of your fragrances.

• Honey: A sweet, golden, and often slightly animalic aroma, evoking the rich scent of honey.

• Incense: A broad term for notes that evoke burning resins or woods, typically smoky, woody, and spiritual (e.g., frankincense, myrrh).

• 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.

• 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.

• Jasmine (Indolic Jasmine): A rich, sweet, intensely floral, and heady white flower scent. "Indolic" refers to its potent, slightly animalic, and intoxicating quality.

• Juicy Melon: The sweet, watery, and refreshing aroma of ripe melon, often with a slightly green or fruity overtone.

• Labdanum: A warm, resinous, leathery, and amber-like note with sweet and musky undertones, often used in oriental and chypre compositions for depth.

• 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.

• Leather Accord: A blend of notes formulated to replicate the smell of leather.

• Lichen: A dry, earthy, mossy, and slightly mineral aroma, often contributing a damp, forest-floor quality.

• Lily: A fresh, sweet, and sometimes slightly spicy or waxy white floral note.

• Lime: A sharp, zesty, tart, and uplifting citrus note, providing a burst of freshness.

• Mandarin: A sweet, juicy, and slightly tangy citrus note, softer and less sharp than orange.

• Matcha: The specific, slightly bitter, earthy, and aromatic scent of green tea powder, often with creamy or grassy nuances.

• Melon: See Juicy Melon.

• Metallic: A sharp, cool, slightly sterile, and sometimes blood-like or iron-like aroma, often used for abstract or futuristic effects.

• Mineral: A dry, earthy, cool, and often stony or dusty aroma, evoking the smell of rocks, concrete, or dry earth.

• Misk: A specific animalic musk, likely with unique characteristics.

• Moss (Oak Moss): A classic, earthy, damp, woody, and slightly bitter green note, central to chypre fragrances, evoking the smell of forest floor.

• Mushroom: A unique, earthy, damp, and slightly pungent aroma, evoking the smell of fresh mushrooms or forest soil.

• 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.

• Myrrh: A warm, bitter, resinous, and slightly balsamic incense note with smoky and earthy undertones.

• Neroli: A fresh, green, slightly bitter, and honeyed white floral note derived from the bitter orange blossom.

• New Books: A specific conceptual note aiming to capture the scent of paper, ink, and binding glue found in brand new books.

• Oak: A woody, dry, slightly smoky, and tannic note, evocative of oak barrels or oak trees.

• Oak Moss: See Moss.

• Olibanum: See Frankincense.

• Opulent Rose Absolute: A rich, deep, intensely floral, and slightly sweet aroma of rose, often indicating a concentrated and luxurious rendition.

• Orange (Sweet Orange): A bright, juicy, sweet, and uplifting citrus note.

• Orange Blossom: A sweet, heady, and slightly indolic white floral note from the bitter orange tree.

• Orange Peel: The sharp, zesty, and slightly bitter aroma of fresh orange peel.

• 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.

• Oud: A rare and highly prized dark, woody, animalic, and often smoky aroma, derived from agarwood, known for its intensity and depth.

• 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.

• Patchouli: An earthy, woody, damp, and slightly sweet aroma, often described as dark, rich, and mysterious.

• Peach (Ripe Peach): A sweet, juicy, and velvety fruity aroma.

• Peat: A deep, earthy, smoky, and slightly damp aroma, often associated with whisky or rich soil.

• Pencil Shavings: A dry, woody, and slightly aromatic note, specifically evoking the scent of freshly sharpened pencils, often associated with cedar.

• Pine: A sharp, fresh, resinous, and green aroma, characteristic of pine trees.

• Pistachio: A nutty, creamy, and slightly green aroma, often used in gourmand contexts.

• Plimsolls (Rubber Plimsolls): A very specific, conceptual note designed to evoke the unique rubbery, slightly dusty smell of gym shoes or plimsolls.

• Powdery Accords: A soft, dry, and often gentle scent that can evoke the feeling of talcum powder, cosmetics, or dried flowers.

• Resins: A broad category for sticky, aromatic tree saps (like frankincense, myrrh, benzoin, labdanum) that often provide warm, sweet, balsamic, and spiritual facets.

• Rose Absolute: See Opulent Rose Absolute.

• Rosewood: A soft, woody, slightly floral, and gentle spicy aroma.

• Rubber Plimsolls: See Plimsolls.

• Sacred Olibanum: See Frankincense.

• Salt (Salty Sea Accord): A mineral, crisp, and slightly briny aroma, evoking the scent of sea air or ocean water.

• Sandalwood (Creamy Sandalwood): A smooth, creamy, warm, and milky woody aroma, often with sweet and spiritual nuances.

• School: A conceptual note likely blending elements of various "school" related smells (paper, wood, rubber, etc.).

• Sea Salt: See Salt.

• Sensual Musk: See Musk.

• 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.

• Soil: A rich, damp, earthy, and mineral aroma, evoking the smell of fresh earth.

• Spices (Warm Spices): A general term for notes derived from aromatic spices (e.g., cinnamon, cardamom, clove), providing warmth, pungency, and complexity.

• Suede: A refined, soft, and slightly dusty leather note, less animalic than raw leather, often with powdery or musky undertones.

• Sweet: A general term for any note that imparts a sugary, honeyed, or confectionary quality.

• Tea (Black Tea, Matcha): The aromatic and often slightly tannic scent of tea leaves, varying by type (e.g., green, black, white).

• Teak Wood: A rich, warm, dry, and sometimes slightly leathery or smoky woody aroma.

• Toasted Marshmallow: A sweet, warm, gourmand note evoking the caramelized, slightly smoky sweetness of toasted marshmallows.

• Trees: A general term for woody, green, and often earthy notes reminiscent of a forest environment.

• Vanilla (Creamy Vanilla): A sweet, creamy, warm, and comforting aroma derived from the vanilla bean.

• Vetiver: An earthy, woody, smoky, and sometimes green or slightly rooty aroma, known for its grounding and sophisticated qualities.

• Violet: A delicate, powdery, slightly green, and sometimes sweet floral note, often described as ethereal.

• Warm Musk: See Musk.

• Wet Concrete: A specific, mineral, damp, and slightly dusty aroma, evoking the smell of rain on pavement.

• White Flowers: A general term for a bouquet of lush, heady, and often sweet-smelling flowers like jasmine, tuberose, gardenia, or orange blossom.

• Woody Amber: A blend that combines the warmth and sweetness of amber with the dry, grounding quality of woody notes.

• Woody (Dry Woods): A broad category for notes derived from trees, encompassing everything from dry and sharp (cedar) to warm and creamy (sandalwood).

• Woody Amber: A blend that combines the warmth and sweetness of amber with the dry, grounding quality of woody notes.

• Ylang-Ylang: A sweet, creamy, heady, and exotic floral note with fruity and slightly rubbery undertones.