Vendor: L'Essence des Notes
Cardamome & Romarin
cool green herbs, musk, and sea breeze
Cucumber in perfume smells cool, green and watery, like a freshly cut slice. Expect 110+ perfumes that list cucumber as a note, from about $5 up to $330.
Cucumber is a vine fruit with a crisp, clean aroma that perfumers usually recreate as an accord. It leans green and aquatic, and it usually sits in the top or heart of a fragrance. Used lightly, it adds a spa-like coolness.
Perfumes people discuss in the communities Scendira tracks include Ralph Lauren Polo Blue, Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Cucumber and Calvin Klein CK One Summer 2013. Polo Blue and Green Tea Cucumber both list cucumber at the top, while CK One Summer 2013 keeps it in the heart with water mint and waterlily.
Suits: People who like cool, watery freshness. Skip if: a cool, watery opening reads thin or soapy on you.
For the wider family, see fresh perfumes. Neighbouring notes worth a look: melon perfumes and mint perfumes.
Vendor: L'Essence des Notes
cool green herbs, musk, and sea breeze
Vendor: Marc Jacobs
cool green cucumber water with lily blossoms
Vendor: Clean
cool cucumber water with bright bergamot
Vendor: Moseha
cool sea breeze with cucumber and bergamot
Vendor: Donna Karan
cool cucumber and grapefruit, green florals
Vendor: Coty
cool cucumber water with bright bergamot blossoms
Vendor: Damask Haus
cool cucumber tea with bergamot sweetness
Vendor: 19-69
cool cucumber water, lemon, and green herbs
Vendor: Cult of Kaori
Chilled cucumber and pear, watery green florals
Vendor: Calvin Klein
chilled watermelon, lemon, cucumber water spray
Vendor: House of Atropa
Chilled cucumber and mint citrus, grassy and cedar
Crisp, cool and green, with a clean watery freshness.
Mostly as a cool, green note in the top or heart, where a small amount makes a perfume feel watery.
Both are used. Polo Blue and Green Tea Cucumber list it in the top notes, and CK One Summer 2013 lists it in the heart.