Licorice

About Licorice

Licorice has sweet, herbal, dark, and anise-like facets. In perfumery, the material or accord is rarely only a literal reproduction of its source. It is used to shape brightness, sweetness, bitterness, texture, and diffusion within the whole composition.

Scent Profile

Licorice has sweet, herbal, dark, and anise-like facets. Depending on dosage and surrounding materials, it may feel transparent, dense, fresh, warm, gourmand, floral, woody, or slightly bitter. Its character is defined by how it interacts with the rest of the formula.

Use in Perfumery

It can add a shadowy aromatic twist to coffee, almond, and vanilla accords.

Did You Know?

Licorice notes can feel confectionery or medicinal depending on dosage and context. A note name on a pyramid often describes an olfactory impression rather than a single raw material, so different perfumes can interpret the same note in very different ways.