Family: Sweet
Character: sweet · warm · comforting
Pyramid position: Base notes
Intensity: Moderate

Sugar

Sugar adds a sweet, soft, and comforting character to fragrances. Its scent evokes warmth and indulgence, often paired with gourmand notes like vanilla or caramel. It creates a smooth, rounded sweetness that enhances other ingredients, giving compositions a cozy, addictive, and playful quality.

Chemistry and Molecular Structure

Sugar accords are created using molecules such as ethyl maltol, which delivers a sweet, caramelized, and slightly cotton candy-like aroma. These compounds provide warmth and depth. In perfumery, they are carefully balanced to avoid overpowering sweetness while enhancing the composition.

Fragrances with Sugar

25 fragrances

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Simone Andreoli 0.0

Malibu Eau de Parfum

Creamy Gourmand Citrus Boozy Woody

Al Ambra 0.0

Vanilla Night&Day Extrait de Parfume

Gourmand Sweet Powdery Creamy Oriental

Simone Andreoli 0.0

Vicebomb Eau de Parfum

Gourmand Sweet Floral Oriental Creamy

Orto Parisi 0.0

Boccanera Eau de Parfum

Gourmand Sweet Oriental Spicy Animalic

Al Ambra 0.0

Ambra Oud Eau de Parfum

Oriental Spicy Resinous Aromatic Sweet

Zarkoperfume 0.0

Petit Bonbon Eau de Parfum

Woody Floral Synthetic Gourmand Citrus

Emil Élise 0.0

Whispering Fire Eau de Parfum

Spicy Woody Resinous Smoky Earthy

BORNTOSTANDOUT 0.0

Candy Dust Eau de Parfum

Gourmand Fruity Lactonic Sweet Creamy

Kajal Classic Collection ALMAZ by Kajal Eau de Parfum

Kajal 0.0

ALMAZ Eau de Parfum

Powdery Fruity Sweet Floral Gourmand

Kajal 0.0

RUBY Eau de Parfum

Gourmand Creamy Sweet Fruity Powdery

BORNTOSTANDOUT 0.0

Sugar Addict Eau de Parfum

Gourmand Sweet Oriental Creamy Spicy

Essential Parfums 0.0

NICE BERGAMOTE by Antoine Maisondieu Extrait de Parfum

Citrus Floral Gourmand Sweet Woody

Gritti 0.0

Gritti Duchessa Extrait de Parfum

Sweet Fruity Gourmand Spicy Creamy

Orto Parisi 0.0

Seminalis Eau de Parfum

Woody Floral Gourmand Lactonic Oriental

d'Annam 0.0

Bubble Tea Eau de Parfum

Gourmand Tea Lactonic Creamy Sweet

Pana Dora 0.0

Nordhaven Eau de Parfum

Floral Fruity Green Woody Sweet

Emil Élise 0.0

Eating Wherever Eau de Parfum

Sweet Fruity Floral Creamy Gourmand

Emil Élise 0.0

Unfolding Echo Eau de Parfum

Woody Fruity Gourmand Floral Sweet

Juliette has a gun 0.0

Eau de Parfum

Gourmand Sweet Powdery Musk Creamy

BORNTOSTANDOUT 0.0

Black Guava Extrait de Parfum

Floral Oriental Woody Sweet Earthy

BORNTOSTANDOUT 0.0

Angels´ Powder Eau de Parfum

Gourmand Sweet Powdery Fruity Musk

BORNTOSTANDOUT 0.0

Oud Candy Extrait de Parfum

Woody Gourmand Sweet Oriental Lactonic

Simone Andreoli 0.0

Mandorla del Sud Eau de Parfum

Gourmand Sweet Oriental Creamy

Simone Andreoli 0.0

Born from Fire Eau de Parfum

Woody Oriental Spicy Sweet Gourmand

Simone Andreoli 0.0

Don't ask me Permission Eau de Parfum

Sweet Oriental Fruity Floral Woody

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