Lovage

About Lovage

Lovage is a botanical herbal note referring to the perennial Apiaceae plant Levisticum officinale. Kew confirms the accepted name and common name lovage, while The Different Company officially lists it in Sel de Vétiver. The plant identity is clear, but the fragrance page does not specify plant part or extract, so natural lovage oil use is not established. The available evidence does not disclose every botanical identity, regional detail, manufacturing method, or formula component, so those points are not inferred.

Scent Profile

Its sensory axis is celery leaf, green stems, earth, dry root, warm spice, and a slight saline impression. It has more earthy root depth than mint and links vetiver greenness with a mineral salt effect. This description is an editorial synthesis of the official label, the house’s description of the finished fragrance, the surrounding notes, and independent exact-product cross-checks. It is not an analytical measurement of an isolated raw material. Perception will vary with concentration, skin, temperature, and the other materials in the composition.

Use in Perfumery

In composition, it adds wildness and a culinary-herbal twist to citrus and vetiver structures. With cardamom, grapefruit, geranium, vetiver, and sea salt, it strengthens a dry green framework. Botanical identity does not reveal extraction, plant part, or natural proportion in the perfume. The same label can be constructed differently by each perfumer and house. A natural-sounding name may be expressed with naturals, synthetics, reconstructions, or combinations of them; the name alone does not establish formula contents. It must not be used to infer undisclosed species, extraction conditions, geographic certification, regulatory status, or chemistry.