Spicy familyHeart note
Nutmeg
Nutmeg is a heart note from the spicy family: rounded and powdery, a quieter spice used to soften sharper peppers.
- 01Family
- Spicy
- 02Pyramid
- Heart
- 03Best seasons
- Autumn, Winter
- 04Type
- Note
What does nutmeg smell like?
Nutmeg: rounded and powdery, a quieter spice used to soften sharper peppers.
From our page: Spicy fragrance familyIs nutmeg a top, heart or base note?
Nutmeg is a heart note.
- Top15 minutes to 2 hours
- HeartHour 1 to hour 5
- Base4 to 12+ hours
Nutmeg is one of the spices the notes pyramid places in the heart, with cinnamon, clove and saffron.
From our page: Top, Middle, Base: How the Notes Pyramid Actually WorksHeart notes are the identity of the fragrance: they emerge as the top fades and carry the perfume from roughly hour one to hour five.
From our page: Top, Middle, Base: How the Notes Pyramid Actually WorksWhat does nutmeg pair with?
Nutmeg is the quieter spice used to soften sharper peppers.
Named partners
Also in the spicy family
- Cardamomtop to heart note
- Gingerheart note
- Cinnamonheart to base note
- Cloveheart to base note
- Saffronheart to base note
The spicy family bridges to
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