Calendula

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Calendula (pot marigold) smells warm and honeyed‑herbal, with earthy hay and tea facets, a soft resinous bitterness, and a sun‑warmed petal glow that evokes rustic gardens and old apothecary balms; it is gentler and balmier than the sharper, citrus‑green “marigold” of tagetes. Used mainly as a mellow heart note, calendula lends natural, slightly medicinal warmth and a strawy floral bridge between greens, florals, and ambers in chypres, fougères, and rustic floral accords, and is dosed sparingly to avoid bitterness.

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