The caramel note is used in perfumery in fragrances for women but sometimes for men too. Used as a base note, it adds a balsamic and gourmand character.
In perfumery, the caramel note owes its growth to the success of ‘Angel’ (Thierry Mugler, 1992) which brought about the creation of a new olfactory family of fragrances called ‘Oriental Gourmand’ or ‘Gourmand’.