Verbena
Bright lemon peel, crushed green leaves and a lightly bitter herbal tea.
You may know it from Lemon verbena herbal tea
Where it comes from
Steam-distilled from verbena leaves or recreated with aroma chemicals.
Worth knowing
Perfumery verbena often means lemon verbena, not common garden verbena.
IFRA rules
IFRA restricts Verbena oil and absolute (Lippia citriodora Kunth.) to 0.69% in fine fragrance, citing dermal sensitization and phototoxicity.
From the IFRA Standards, 51st Amendment. A perfume that lists this note may use a synthetic version the Standard does not cover.
Accords it shows up in
How many of the fragrances listing Verbena in our catalogue also carry each accord. We counted this ourselves.
Often paired with
The notes that appear next to Verbena most often in our catalogue.
Well-known fragrances with Verbena
Fragrances that list it in their notes, most-rated first.
Houses that use it most
Ranked by how many of their well-known fragrances list Verbena.