Juniper berries are the small blue-black cones of the juniper shrub, best known as the flavour of gin. Distilled for perfumery, they smell fresh, piney and resinous, with a peppery, slightly camphor-like brightness and a clean woody dryness. Perfumers use juniper to give colognes and aromatic fragrances a crisp, outdoor start, and it pairs naturally with citrus, lavender, sage and vetiver. It also adds a cool, slightly bitter edge that makes sweeter blends feel less heavy. The effect is brisk, green and sharp.
In this range it sits mostly in the top and heart, giving a crisp, piney, gin-like freshness that opens aromatic and woody fragrances.
