Fougère
Literally “fern”, although ferns barely smell. An accord of lavender, coumarin and oakmoss.
Lavender and bergamot on top, herbs and geranium in the heart, coumarin (tonka) and moss in the base.
Also known as: fougère / aromatic fougère
The family was founded by Fougère Royale (Houbigant, 1882), composed by Paul Parquet. He used coumarin in it – a substance with the sweet smell of hay that chemists had first synthesised in 1868.
Fougère is the basis of much of 20th-century men’s perfumery and is closely related to the smell of shaving creams and soaps.