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
29 oilsOne flower or a bouquet — rose, jasmine, violet, orange blossom.
Woody
24 oilsCedar, sandalwood, patchouli, vetiver — the woods as the subject.
Aromatic
19 oilsRosemary, lavender, thyme, artemisia — the herb garden.
Aquatic
17 oilsWatery, marine, ozonic.
Fruity
13 oilsThe fruits themselves — apple, pear, peach, mango, berries.
Gourmand
13 oilsEdible sweetness — vanilla, caramel, cream, pastry, coconut, honey.
Musky
11 oilsSoft, clean, skin-like.
Green
10 oilsLeafy, dewy, sap-and-stem notes; cut grass, crushed leaves.
Citrus
9 oilsBergamot, orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit — the bright peel notes.
Oriental
6 oilsWarm and resinous — vanilla, amber, tobacco and spice over woods; long-lasting.
Spicy
5 oilsPepper, nutmeg, clove, cardamom, ginger, cinnamon.
Balsamic
4 oilsSoft, warm resins — benzoin, labdanum, amber — smooth rather than sweet.
Aldehydic
3 oilsA shimmering, slightly metallic lift.
Powdery
3 oilsTalc-soft, cosmetic — iris, violet, heliotrope.
Herbal
2 oilsBasil, mint, sage, tea — the leaves and herbs as the subject.
Leather
2 oilsLeather and suede.
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.