Fragrance note · Spices
Bay Leaf
Dry green herbs with a peppery, slightly medicinal warmth, like a simmering stew.
You may know it from A bay leaf in soup or stew
Where it comes from
Natural
Steam-distilled essential oil from bay laurel leaves.
Worth knowing
Bay leaf is an herb, not the rum-like West Indian bay.
Accords it shows up in
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Often paired with
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Well-known fragrances with Bay Leaf
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Houses that use it most
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