Rhubarb

Rhubarb is one of the most distinctive plants in the culinary and botanical world — a robust perennial with vast, dramatic leaves and thick, celery-like stalks that range from deep crimson to pale green. Native to Siberia and China, where the roots were used for millennia in traditional medicine, rhubarb reached European gardens in the seventeenth century and quickly found its place in the kitchen. Its stalks are famously tart — almost shockingly so when raw — with a sharp, juicy acidity tempered by sweetness when cooked, producing the beloved pies, crumbles, and jams of the British and northern European culinary tradition. In perfumery, rhubarb is valued as one of the most vivid and distinctive of all green-fruity notes. Its olfactory profile is simultaneously sour and fresh, green and bright, with a juicy, almost aqueous quality that cuts through a composition like a shaft of spring light. It is not a sweet fruit note — there is always that underlying tartness, that sharp vegetal edge, that makes rhubarb feel alive and invigorating. Perfumers use it to add brightness, freshness, and an unconventional fruity character to contemporary compositions, pairing it with rose, raspberry, peony, green tea, and clean musks for spring and summer-leaning fragrances. At Fragrenza, our rhubarb collection brings together fragrance dupes that harness this vivid, energetic note — tart, green, and brilliantly fresh. These are scents full of life, vitality, and the irresistible brightness of a new season.

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Musk167 Bergamot116 Patchouli109 Vanilla108 Sandalwood100 Amber99 Jasmine95 grapefruit79 Vetiver78 Rose73 cedar69 Mandarin64

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Rhubarb

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As top note

Armani Code Femme Eau de Parfum

Yves Saint Laurent Baby Doll Eau de Toilette

Bella Nina Ricci Eau de Toilette

Bella Collector Christmas 2019 Eau de Toilette

Eau de Cartier Eau de Toilette Goutte de Rose

Cartier La Panthère Etincelante Eau de Parfum

Miss Edge

Zenne

Tulipe Noire

Western Leather

Aguas de Victorio & Lucchino - N°10 Vainilla Seductora

Amor Amor Electric Kiss Cacharel Eau de Toilette

As heart note

Jeu d'Amour Eau de Toilette

Arden Beauty

Mediterranean Neroli

CK All

1955

Amo Ferragamo EAU DE PARFUM

Amo Ferragamo HAIR MIST

Body Fantasies - French Pear Fantasy

Café Gourmand - Strawberry Rhubarb Caviar

Coffee Man Duo

Colonial Club Ypsos

Hugo Red Eau de Toilette

As base note

Royal Mystery

Ahlam

Danger PARFUM COLOGNE

Scandal PARFUM COLOGNE

Ocean Breeze

Kuwait

Wicked!