alpha aromatics®What does Fall smell like and how do master perfumers aromatically articulate all that it embodies through fragrance? Our team dives deep into the rich fragrant essence of fall scents and shares a few of our most-recently composed autumnal fragrances.
It’s that time of year when the world around us begins to shed the dying heat of a passing summer and prepare for an early autumn to fall upon the land.
Trees enter a dream sleep and leaves transform to glorious hues of crimson and gold. A new chill seeps into the air that pervades the human spirit. Fall is the season for ghosts, goblins, the color orange and cinematic lunatics to roam the streets and alley ways of small town America with long and ever sharp knives.
A season marked by reduced sunlight, shorter days and cooler nights, fall signifies harvest time, and simultaneously, new beginnings and letting go of the past.
It is characterized by its own unique and intriguing flavors and scents. These include: the crackling smoke of a cozy fire side, creamy sandalwood, woodland walks and the eternal forest with all its natural, aromatic tapestry of trees, mosses and grasses.
Some of the most popular food and perfume scents are often: pumpkin spice, cinnamon, apple pie, pecan pie and apple cider, just to name a few.
Choosing an autumn fragrance involves a selection that is adapted to slightly warmer clothes than those worn in summer. Despite this, there are those hangers-on, who wish to keep summer with them a bit more in these quiet days of early autumn.
This can work for a little while until at least Indian summer, but once that chill conquers the air, summer is gone and there is no denying it.
Usually, richer, more enveloping scents, such as those found in the Chypre family, blended with complex bergamot, animal notes, intoxicating jasmine, passionate rose, dark, sensual patchouli, earthy, wet and musky tree moss and leathery, potent labdanum are more suitable for the fall.
What Are The Specific Characteristics of Fall Scents?
Autumn fragrances reflect the natural alterations of the season and are usually richer and warmer than their summer counterparts.
They focus on warm, comforting, earthy, natural and spicy notes such as: wood, dark, rich and honeyed amber, earthy musk, spicy cinnamon, nutty clove; lush vanilla and dusty florals, like sugary, woody violet or musky rose.
The fruits and vegetable of autumn are also often included in the many diverse fragrances of the season.
The classic autumnal harvests of crisp apples and creamy, piquant pumpkins as well as acidic, sugary berries and green, fresh figs are all well expressed when incorporated into fall fragrances.
The earthy, spicy and sugary notes found in woody, oriental (amber) and gourmand fragrances are perfect for autumn.
Woody facets capture the rich essence of nature and are long lasting. Earthy essential oils (sometimes referred to as dirty fragrances) extracted from patchouli, oak moss, roots and vetiver transport to the forest primeval and leather, which captures the smell of animal hides and boots and sweet, herbaceous and spicy tobacco-tinged scents.
These type of fragrances are considered a sub category of woody perfumes, which are grounding, rich and comforting.
Sandalwood has a warming, creamy and balsamic odor profile, which makes it ideal for an autumn scent.
Characteristics of Fall Colognes For Men
Fall colognes provide a blending of scents that coincide with the aspects associated with the changing seasons.
The four main types are warm, woody, oriental (ambery) and fresh, with each character expressed by diverse blends of fragrances. Fresh scents, generally rely on aquatic and citrus notes, whereas warm colognes use more florals and juicy, fruity aromas.
Mimicking the true character of the season itself, fall colognes for men render a special kind of uncertainty; a shifting of space, so to speak, that seamlessly balances the crisp, floral and aquatic notes of summer with the warming, earthy and piquant scents of winter.
Notes for colognes evoke clean and fresh cut grass, deeply aromatic tea leaves and musty, balsamic vetiver.
Some potent aspects include: complex, pleasing bergamot, aromatic, earthy white musk and dark, erotic patchouli. Fruits like peachy plum, crisp apple, slightly sugary and dense pear, woody berry or even tomato are often incorporated into these colognes.
A Few Of Our Recently-Composed Fragrances
Our master perfumers are often asked to capture the aromatic essence of autumn in new ways for the purposes of use within a wide array of products.
Below are a few of our favorites, which we are equipped to provide in pales, drums and totes, depending upon the size and volume of current or potential clients.
Warm and Nutty
Evoking images and aromas of delicious pastries and mouth-watering pies and cakes, this fragrance captures glorious autumnal flavors with its top note of creamy butter that soon fades into a fine, powdery heart note and a dry down of lush, elegant and sweet vanilla.
This Fall and Wintery fragrance offers an amalgam of fresh, woody tones. It opens with head notes of earthy, cool morning mist, crunchy apple, green pear and icy frosted glass.
These aspects soon give way to a woody heart featuring facets of dry, piney fir needle, sharp, sweet and refreshing conifer and cool, minty eucalyptus.
An intriguing dry down marked by pine needles, creamy sandalwood and warm amber complete this festive fragrance.
Fireside
Potent aspects of peachy, tart and very fruity plum dominate the head notes of this fall-inspired fragrance.
These facets soon drift seamlessly into a floral heart note bouquet laden with sensual, haunting jasmine. The scent completes with a base note of sweet, caramelized and elegant vanilla.
Apple Bake
Streaming with autumnal accents of freshly baked apple pie and crisp, clean and crunchy apple, these head notes soon fold into a spicy heart note accented by warm, inviting cinnamon. A dry down of soft, lush and rich vanilla finishes this memorable fragrance.
Baked Pumpkin
Symbolizing the abundance of fall harvest and the warmth of home and hearth, this fragrance is characterized by facets of sugary, piquant and creamy pumpkin, inviting cinnamon, spicy clove and aspects of lush vanilla and rich, creamy caramel.
Cinnamon Bun
The delectable blend of warm, enticing cinnamon buns fills the air with this classically autumnal fragrance. Marked by facets of nutty, baked bread, piquant clove and nutty, slightly sugary nutmeg, a glazed burnt sugar and lush vanilla dry down finish this scent.
Gingerbread
Gingerbread has a rich and colorful past in America, dating back to colonial times and it remains the quintessential holiday fragrance to this day. Fruity facets of velvety peach and sugary, slightly floral berry form the top notes of this iconic scent.
These facets soon drift into a heart note of spicy, slightly sweet nutmeg, comforting and warm cinnamon and rich, sensual and heady ginger. A dry down dominated by lush and elegant vanilla completes this iconic fragrance.
In Conclusion
What are you waiting for? Time’ is a-wasting and the leaves are beginning to fall. Contact our team today, and see what fall scents can do for your scented product or product line!
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