An accord is a geometry. Chypre is rose, jasmine, sandalwood, oud, vetiver, musk or amber stacked on purpose.
Naturals and molecules share the same pyramid; IFRA draws some of the lines.
Accords
- Coty trio — Bergamot + labdanum + oakmoss.
- Peach chypre — Mitsouko.
- Floral chypre — Miss Dior.
- Leather chypre — Cabochard / Bandit-adjacent.
- Aromatics power — Camomile-moss volume.
Materials
- Oakmoss — Evernia prunastri; the regulated floor.
- Evernyl (Veramoss) — The usual moss synth.
- Labdanum — Cistus; amber half of the trio.
- Bergamot — Treated peel for the top.
- Patchouli — Dirt that makes Coty “modern”.
- Peach lactone — The Guerlain addition.
Smell the materials before you trust a note list on a box of Chypre.
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