Fragrance Note
Amber
Used in 4170+ fragrances on FragranVerse
What it smells like
Amber in perfumery is a Fantasy/Concept accord, not the fossil resin from the Baltic. The perfumery amber is a constructed warm-resinous-balsamic accord traditionally built around labdanum, benzoin, vanillin and tonka bean. And increasingly, in modern formulation, around ambroxan. Three different things are called amber: the perfumery accord, Baltic amber (fossil resin used in jewelry), and ambergris (now largely replaced by ambroxan).
How it's used in perfumery
Amber defines a fragrance family. The sweet amber accord is the structural base of floral-amber, soft-amber, and gourmand compositions, functioning as a fixative and volume builder. Ambroxide has exceptional substantivity and is used to create diffusive bases in woody-amber compositions. Most modern fragrances employ some form of amber construction in their base, whether the classical resinous accord or a synthetic ambroxide skeleton.
Fun fact
In 2021, Michael Edwards officially replaced 'Amber' with 'Amber' across all English-language fragrance classifications, marking the first time an entire fragrance family was renamed for cultural-sensitivity reasons.
Perfumes with Amber(80 of 4170)
Middle East
(38)
Designer
(14)Niche
(26)