- Origin
- an accord composed by the perfumer
- Raw materials
- almond, milky and creamy notes
- Extraction
- synthesis
- Olfactory group
- gourmand (milky)
- Position in the pyramid
- heart and base
- Synthetic substitutes
- benzaldehyde, lactones, heliotropin
Almond milk is a plant-based drink made from ground almonds and water, delicate and slightly sweet. In perfume this note combines the nutty warmth of almond with a soft, milky creaminess.
How it smells: soft, creamy and nutty: delicate almond, warm milk, a light marzipan and powdery shade. Almond milk sounds cosy, tender and not at all cloying.
The note differs from pure almond in its softness: the sharp marzipan note of benzaldehyde is softened here by creamy lactones. So almond milk sounds more delicate and skin-like than the nut.
What it pairs with: with vanilla and tonka — soft dessert fragrances, with heliotrope — powdery almond tenderness, with rice and milk — milky compositions, with white flowers — tender floral-gourmand fragrances, with sandalwood — a creamy woody base.
Good to know: almond milk was popular as early as medieval Europe: on fast days, when animal milk was forbidden, it was made in almost every well-to-do household.
