Clove
Clove smells dark, hot, and medicinal-spicy, with the bite of dried buds, carnation petals, old wood, and a sweet heat that can feel both festive and severe. It is sharper than cinnamon and denser than pepper, often bringing a vintage drama to floral hearts and amber bases. In perfume, clove appears in orientals, spicy florals, carnations, woody ambers, and incense blends, where it adds heat, depth, and a slightly shadowed elegance. Clove is crucial in Yves Saint Laurent Opium, and vivid in Comme des Garçons Series 2 Red: Carnation, where its floral-spice tension is pushed into brilliant focus.
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