WHITE T-SHIRT NOTE

The white T-shirt note turns the idea of a clean, simple garment into a fragrance impression. Expect an emphasis on crisp freshness and an airy, fabric-like character rather than a literal extract of cotton clothing. It is an imaginative accord: a combination of scented materials that suggests a familiar object. The name does not identify one ingredient or a standard recipe.

Perfume houses can interpret this image differently. In a citrus-floral composition it may provide a clean background; elsewhere bright citrus, aromatic notes or aldehydic freshness can evoke the same white-shirt idea. Those surrounding notes are possibilities, not required ingredients. Look at the full fragrance description to distinguish a sharp, freshly washed effect from a softer interpretation. A clean-smelling accord does not, by itself, tell you how strongly or how long a perfume will wear.