Green notes in fragrance are one of my personal favourites, green is the colour of spring and brings with it a sense of joy of the new and relief that winter is finally saying au revoir for another year.
Uplifting, elegant and gender neutral, our top 8 green perfumes feature the complete range of notes from fresh herbal notes and sappy dewy galbanum, to the depths of softest oak moss and deep and grounding vetiver notes. Soft and sensuous, to fresh and verdant, read on to discover our top eight.
1. Precious One
elegant | soft | grounded
Rich and exotic fleur des nuits of tuberose and jasmine lend their seductive charms to the heart of Precious One. Floating on a base of softest green chypre, oak moss lends its warmth to the base as layers of smoky vetiver unfold from the depths.
Best Independent Fragrance - The Fragrance Foundation UK 2012
2. Jardin Blanc
fresh | floral | dewy
Jardin Blanc celebrates a feminine blend of timeless tuberose with its distinctively exotic intensity carefully balanced with the freshness of lily. A touch of tea rose and a soft base of oak moss enhance this elegant and fresh fragrance. Perfect for those who prefer a green floral note perfume.
3. Artillery No 4 - Vetiver
earthy | fresh | woody
Vetiver is perhaps the most evocative of all the perfumes of the Orient, native to India, it is known and beloved throughout South East Asia for its cooling properties and pungent, unique scent of roots, earth and woods. Here the deeper smoky quality of vetiver is blended with the coolness of lavender, uplifting bergamot and precious woods and spices, to create a sophisticated and elegant scent which is gender neutral.
4. Xanadu
woody | balsamic | verdant
The scent of wood, spices and holy resins float above the amber heart of this romantic perfume, magically drawing together the fresh top notes and the wonderfully enduring base of patchouli, rosewood and cedar, inspired by the magical forest in the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
5. Lawn
dewy | uplifting | verdant
Another fragrance inspired by poetry, Lawn captures the calm sense of renewal inspired by a dewy summer’s morning… A green garden seen through gauzy lawn curtains stirring in the breeze before the heat of the day scorches through.
Lawn opens with the distinctive notes of sappy galbanum, which dry down to reveal a warm heart accord of bergamot, lemon balm, tuberose and jasmine. This warm citrus floral rests on a base of patchouli grounding the scent and adding a touch of earthiness.
6. Artillery No 3 - Hungary Water
invigorating | herbal | fresh
Based on an original formula from the fourteenth century made for the Queen of Hungary, this amazing fragrance continues the garden theme, as many of the ingredients were grown and distilled in the palace gardens. Packed with rosemary and a fresh herbal bouquet, lemon zest and rose petals uplifting, fresh and elegant.
7. White Flowers
feminine | powdery | green
A delightfully soft and almost powdery green tea note forms the botanical heart of this feminine and most wearable fragrance. Delicate drifts of tuberose, lily and jasmine float above the base making this a very soft green scent with a very gentle floral hint.
8. Mandarin & Mint
herbal | citrus | green
A timeless perfume with a beautiful balance of herbal notes in the heart. Green mandarin adds it's delicate citrus allure and in the heart a bouquet of herbs including mint, add an uplifting freshness to this timeless gender nuetral fragrance.
