Ingredients · Florals · Made in a lab
Gardenia
Gardenia is almost never extracted commercially; its creamy, mushroomy bloom is reconstructed.
- What it is
- A flower that gives no oil worth extracting, so perfumers rebuild its smell from other materials.
- How perfumers build it
- Known in
- Gardénia (Chanel, 1925)
- Worth knowing
- Styrallyl acetate is nicknamed 'gardenol' because it anchors so many gardenia accords.
Named by the house in 32 of the 1080 perfumes read so far
Honour WomanAmouage · “Gardenia”
Honour 43 WomanAmouage · “Gardenia”
Lilac LoveAmouage · “Gardenia”
DaisyMarc Jacobs · “gardenia”
Flora Gorgeous GardeniaGucci · “White Gardenia”
Ylang 49Le Labo · “pua noa noa (gardenia from Tahiti)”
Luxe NightlifeMaison Alhambra · “Gardenia”
Detour NoirAl Haramain · “Gardenia”
Yara CandyLattafa · “Gardenia”
AurumAjmal · “Gardenia”
Crystal NoirVersace · “Gardenia”
MiutineMiu Miu · “Gardenia accord”
OscarOscar de la Renta · “Gardenia”
Voce VivaValentino · “gardenia”
Flora Gorgeous Gardenia IntenseGucci · “Gardenia Accord”
Allegra BaciamiBvlgari · “Gardenia Accord”
New York NightsBond No. 9 · “Gardenia”
AmarigeGivenchy · “Gardenia”
212 Men NYCCarolina Herrera · “Gardenia”
RushGucci · “Gardenia”
Mediterranean HoneysuckleAERIN · “Gardenia”
NinaNina Ricci · “Gardenia”
Pure PoisonDior · “Gardenia”
Lady MillionRabanne · “gardenia”
Viva La JuicyJuicy Couture · “gardenia”
Supremacy GalaAfnan · “Gardenia”
Ameerat Al Arab Prive RoseAsdaaf · “Gardenia”
HayaLattafa · “Gardenia”
Dressed in WhiteBath & Body Works · “ivory gardenia”
Black OrchidTom Ford · “black gardenia”
Hundred Silent WaysNishane · “gardenia”
ScandalJean Paul Gaultier · “Gardenia”