In the wide world of fragrance, green is relatively new scent family, one characterized by earthy notes you might expect from the name: grass, tea, moss, twigs and leaves. Variations abound, but fragrances categorized by green notes are often bright, crisp and casual, evoking images of an English garden or a fresh-cut lawn in the countryside. If that sounds like somewhere you’d like go this summer, these are the fragrances to take you there.
Berdoues Selva do Brasil
Created with the intention of encapsulating the Brazilian rainforest, Selva do Brasil from Berdoues’s Grand Crus Collection combines notes of Paraguayan petitgrain — an essential oil extracted from the leaves and twigs of the bitter orange tree — tonka bean and Gaiac wood.
Frank Los Angeles Frank No. 1
Developed in 2014 by perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour, who’s accredited with the creation of fragrances by Acqua di Parma, Christian Dior and Comme des Garçons, among other brands, Frank Los Angeles Frank No. 1 is a dark fougère with bright notes of lime and geranium and sage, balanced by deep traces of tobacco and leather.
