Scent families
How we classify every oil: a family, plus up to two more that colour it.
The standard vocabulary of olfactive families, the same words the oils carry on every channel. Each family shows every oil that carries it, first or not. Hover an oil for its film, click it to open it here, click again for its page; click a family for the collection.
Floral
30 oilsOne flower or a bouquet — rose, jasmine, violet, orange blossom.
Gourmand
17 oilsEdible sweetness — vanilla, caramel, cream, pastry, coconut, honey.
Aromatic
16 oilsRosemary, lavender, thyme, artemisia — the herb garden.
Oriental
14 oilsWarm and resinous — vanilla, amber, tobacco and spice over woods; long-lasting.
Aquatic
13 oilsWatery, marine, ozonic.
Woody
13 oilsCedar, sandalwood, patchouli, vetiver — the woods as the subject.
Powdery
12 oilsTalc-soft, cosmetic — iris, violet, heliotrope.
Citrus
10 oilsBergamot, orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit — the bright peel notes.
Green
9 oilsLeafy, dewy, sap-and-stem notes; cut grass, crushed leaves.
Balsamic
8 oilsSoft, warm resins — benzoin, labdanum, amber — smooth rather than sweet.
Musky
8 oilsSoft, clean, skin-like.
Fruity
6 oilsThe fruits themselves — apple, pear, peach, mango, berries.
Spicy
6 oilsPepper, nutmeg, clove, cardamom, ginger, cinnamon.
Herbal
4 oilsBasil, mint, sage, tea — the leaves and herbs as the subject.
Leather
3 oilsLeather and suede.
Aldehydic
1 oilA shimmering, slightly metallic lift.
Fougère
1 oilLavender and coumarin over moss and woods.
The 24 olfactive families of Shopify’s standard product taxonomy; each oil’s family is set by us, or read from its notes until we set it. The same index is available as JSON.