Floral
Perfumery’s largest family: from a single flower (soliflore) to bouquets and powdery, aldehydic or fruity variations.
A floral heart (rose, jasmine, iris, orange blossom) framed by citrus on top and musk or woods below.
Also known as: floraux / floral
Some flowers yield an oil by distillation (rose); others are too heat-sensitive and are solvent-extracted into an absolute (jasmine). Many “flowers” in perfumes, lily of the valley for example, are not obtained from the plant at all but built from synthetic molecules.
The floral family has the most sub-families: green, fruity, aldehydic, powdery, floral amber. How they are divided differs between classifications.