An icy accord in perfume usually smells cool, clean and watery, with ozonic, airy, minty and sometimes metallic sides. It is an abstract effect rather than an extract made from ice. Perfumers create it to suggest frozen air, frost, chilled water or a sudden cooling sensation. An icy accord is mainly used at the top.
What Does Icy Accord Smell Like?
An icy accord may combine cold air, clear water, fresh mint, mineral surfaces and a faint metallic edge. Some versions are crisp and sharp, while others are smoother and more watery. Ozonic materials such as Ultrazur can add fresh air and watery floral qualities, while other molecules provide cooling or mineral effects.
Where Does Icy Accord Come From?
An icy accord is built from laboratory-created and sometimes natural fragrance materials. It may use ozonic, aquatic, minty, citrus, herbal and mineral-smelling ingredients. There is no single formula, and no actual ice is extracted to produce the note.
How Icy Accord Is Usually Described
Icy
Cool
Watery
Ozonic
Airy
Metallic
How Is Icy Accord Used in Perfume?
Icy accords are used in aquatic, citrus, aromatic, floral and woody fragrances. They blend well with mint, citrus, lavender, lotus, marine notes, musk and pale woods. The effect can make a fragrance feel cleaner and more spacious or create a cold contrast against warmer flowers and amber.
Citrus in perfume usually smells bright, fresh and zesty, with juicy, bitter, green and peel-like sides. The term does not describe one fruit because lemon, bergamot, orange, mandarin,...
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Musk in perfume can smell soft, warm, clean and slightly powdery, often with a smooth quality that is compared with fresh skin or clean fabric. Some musk notes...
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Cyclamen in perfume usually smells fresh, watery and floral, with clean, green, airy and slightly marine sides. It often suggests cool petals, fresh air and clear water rather...
Flint in perfume usually smells dry, mineral and smoky, with metallic, stony and slightly earthy sides. It does not come from extracting scent from pieces of flint. It...
Lotus in perfume usually smells airy, watery and softly floral, with clean, green, herbal and lightly fruity sides. It is often used to suggest delicate petals floating above...
Marine notes in perfume usually smell fresh, watery and airy, with salty, ozonic, mineral and sea-breeze sides. They are constructed accords rather than liquid extracted directly from seawater....
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