Vendor: Zara
Red Zara Temptation Nectar
tropical fruit nectar with creamy cake sweetness
Orange in perfume smells bright, juicy and sweet, like the zest of a ripe orange rather than a glass of juice. On Scendira, 2,500+ perfumes list orange as a note, from about $2 to $2,500.
Perfumers get orange from the peel of sweet orange fruit, where the oil is pressed out cold. It has a sunny, slightly sugary sweetness that sets it apart from sharper lemon, and it is usually found in the top of a fragrance. Orange blossom and bitter orange are different materials with their own pages, so this collection is about the fruit peel.
Perfumes people discuss in the communities Scendira tracks include Zara Sand Desert At Sunset, Maison Francis Kurkdjian Aqua Universalis and Snif Naughty Nonna. Zara Sand Desert At Sunset opens on orange and incense before cinnamon, tonka bean and chocolate arrive.
Suits: Anyone who likes a bright, sunny opening. Skip if: you find sweet citrus sugary and want something drier.
For the wider family, see citrus perfumes. Neighbouring notes worth a look: bitter orange perfumes and blood orange perfumes.
Several houses carry more than one orange perfume on Scendira, among them Aquolina, Candles & Oud, Leland Francis, Missguided, Acqua di Baviera, D.R.Harris, Eaux Parfums and Rania J.
Vendor: Zara
tropical fruit nectar with creamy cake sweetness
Vendor: Givenchy
Sweet raspberry citrus with peppery floral warmth
Vendor: The Dua Brand
Bright citrus, ginger and basil over herbal wood
Vendor: Demeter Fragrance
sweet cranberry, vodka, orange soda
Vendor: MPF
sparkling citrus and rose powder over musk and cedar
Vendor: Nu Parfums
citrus bright roses with green earthy patchouli
Vendor: Cerruti
Fresh bergamot and mint over clean woods
Vendor: Demeter Fragrance
fresh laundry with a soft vanilla rose glow
Vendor: Histoires de Parfums
bright orange-sparkling linen warmed with honey
Vendor: Demeter Fragrance
pine needles, minty ginger snap
Vendor: Recreation
spiced lavender smoke over amber woods
Vendor: Santa Maria Novella
sunlit peach and orange with clean marine florals
Vendor: Moschino
sparkling citrus soda with green tea flowers
Sweet, juicy and sunny, closer to fresh orange zest than to candy. It reads rounder and sweeter than lemon.
Mostly from the cold-pressed peel of the sweet orange, a citrus fruit. The oil is bright and sugary, and it is usually used in the top of a perfume.
Usually in the top notes. In Zara Sand Desert At Sunset it opens the perfume beside incense, before cinnamon, tonka bean and chocolate arrive.