The Character Archive
Clove
The Spiced Bloom
A bud that holds both sweetness and fire. A spice woven through centuries.
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Clove is a flower caught mid-breath — an unopened bud, dried to a dark ember and carrying within it the whole memory of warmth. She is the spice of cathedrals and apothecaries, of mulled wine and embalming oil; sweetness and antiseptic bite held in a single small body.
In a composition she works as a fierce, radiant heart — eugenol-rich and persistent, lending carnation-like depth and a slow medicinal glow that keeps a fragrance from ever going quiet.
- Role
- Spiced heart note
- Smells like
- Hot carnation, dried wood, sweet smoke, medicinal warmth
- Used in
- Hidden
- Pairs well with
- Rose, vanilla, sandalwood, labdanum, star anise
