Carnation Leaves

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Carnation leaves register as a bright, green, herbaceous note—fresh-cut foliage with watery, slightly bitter facets and a faint peppery‑clove twiginess that echoes the flower’s eugenol‑rich spiciness. Perfumers use it to add naturalism and a crisp green heart to florals, chypres, fougères, and spicy compositions, where it tempers sweetness, bridges flowers to foliage, and provides a cut‑stem freshness often recreated with green aldehydes or leafy synthetics for clarity and longevity.

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