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This is what Pantone Cloud Dancer, Color of the Year 2026, smells like

Pantone has chosen Cloud Dancer (Pantone 11-4201) as the color of the year 2026, a serene, airy white, conceived as a refuge of calm amid the noise. <br>

An emotional code that in perfumery translates into two major olfactory trends, both related to white: "milky" perfumes, with a milky and creamy texture, and fragrances that evoke the smell of clean clothes, mixing aldehydes, musks, and flowers. Two different ways to smell calm.

Pantone has chosen Cloud Dancer (Pantone 11-4201) as the color of the year 2026, a serene, airy white, conceived as a refuge of calm amid the noise.

An emotional code that in perfumery translates into two major olfactory trends, both related to white: "milky" perfumes, with a milky and creamy texture, and fragrances that evoke the smell of clean clothes, mixing aldehydes, musks, and flowers. Two different ways to smell calm.

Cloud Dancer: when white becomes a scent

"Like a blank canvas, Cloud Dancer symbolizes our desire to start from scratch. We shed layers of outdated thinking and open the door to new approaches. Pantone 11-4201 Cloud Dancer, a light, airy shade, creates space for creativity, allowing our imagination to wander so that new perceptions and bold ideas can emerge and take shape," explains Laurie Pressman, Vice President of the Pantone Color Institute.
Translating this color into the realm of perfumery, we find soft, ethereal, and clean fragrances. On one hand, milky accords that evoke cream, milk, and skin. On the other, white clothing with references to aldehydes, flowers, and musks. Two different paths toward the same feeling of calm.

Milky white: perfumes with milky notes

If Cloud Dancer could be tasted, it would be a milk foam or whipped cream. This territory is home to perfumes that evoke notes of milk, cream, and creamy accords that, although close to the gourmand universe, are enveloping, soft, and light.

Lait Concentré, by Chabaud, recreates the scent of condensed milk with a transparent lightness, thanks to notes of milk, coconut, and caramel.

Alto Astral, by Byredo, combines coconut water, aldehydes, and sandalwood in a woody creaminess that evokes clean skin.

Dirty Milk, by Borntostandout, is a fantasy of milk with soft spices, woods, and an animalic touch.

A pioneer in the use of the creamy rice accord, Kenzo Amour envelops with rice, white tea, flowers, musk, and incense.

Commodity explores this universe with **Milk Orchid**, a blend of fig milk, vanilla orchid, and magnolia over cotton, coconut, and macadamia. <br>

In roll-on format, **Milk Wood**, by Ellis Brooklyn, creates a milky accord from milky woods and coconut milk. <br>

The milky touch of **Love Tuberose**, by Amouage, is discovered among white flowers, whipped cream, sandalwood, and cedar. <br>

Comfortable like a cup of tea with milk, **Remember Me**, by Jovoy, blends cardamom, tea, and ginger over a base of milk, vanilla, and woods.

Commodity explores this universe with Milk Orchid, a blend of fig milk, vanilla orchid, and magnolia over cotton, coconut, and macadamia.

In roll-on format, Milk Wood, by Ellis Brooklyn, creates a milky accord from milky woods and coconut milk.

The milky touch of Love Tuberose, by Amouage, is discovered among white flowers, whipped cream, sandalwood, and cedar.

Comfortable like a cup of tea with milk, Remember Me, by Jovoy, blends cardamom, tea, and ginger over a base of milk, vanilla, and woods.

The scent of clean white clothes

The scent of clean clothes is a classic in perfumery. It evokes hygiene, freshness, and comfort, directly connecting with the pursuit of well-being.

Aldehydes provide a soapy and slightly metallic brightness, white flowers and iris add purity, and musks and light woods recreate the feeling of impeccable cotton.

**Fleur de Peau**, Diptyque, combines soft aldehydes, iris, and musks in an intimate and almost textile accord. <br>

**Valaya**, by Parfums de Marly, evokes cotton on the skin in a floral, musky, and woody composition. <br>

**Angel Dust**, by Fugazzi, conveys serenity and calm with cashmere wood, incense, and patchouli, like a freshly washed sweater. <br>

**Musc X**, by Borntostandout, focuses on musk, ambroxan, and woods with a warm and sensual touch. <br>

Fleur de Peau, Diptyque, combines soft aldehydes, iris, and musks in an intimate and almost textile accord.

Valaya, by Parfums de Marly, evokes cotton on the skin in a floral, musky, and woody composition.

Angel Dust, by Fugazzi, conveys serenity and calm with cashmere wood, incense, and patchouli, like a freshly washed sweater.

Musc X, by Borntostandout, focuses on musk, ambroxan, and woods with a warm and sensual touch.

Carolina Herrera's iconic white shirt is interpreted in **Cedar Chic**, with bergamot and aldehydes that evoke freshly ironed cotton. <br>

Narciso Rodriguez **For Her Pure Musc** builds its signature on white musk, soft flowers, and cashmeran. <br>

**Bo Bo Intense**, by Carner, recreates linen clothes hung out to dry under the Mediterranean sun with bright citrus, jasmine, musk, and white amber. <br>

Guerlain **Musc Outreblanc Eau de Parfum** relies on white musks, ambrette, iris, and orange blossom to create a musk cloud like a second skin. <br>

Carolina Herrera's iconic white shirt is interpreted in Cedar Chic, with bergamot and aldehydes that evoke freshly ironed cotton.

Narciso Rodriguez For Her Pure Musc builds its signature on white musk, soft flowers, and cashmeran.

Bo Bo Intense, by Carner, recreates linen clothes hung out to dry under the Mediterranean sun with bright citrus, jasmine, musk, and white amber.

Guerlain Musc Outreblanc Eau de Parfum relies on white musks, ambrette, iris, and orange blossom to create a musk cloud like a second skin.