Prickly-pear pads, sliced as nopales in Mexican cooking, taste much like green beans with a sour edge and ooze a slick mucilage, a green, watery plant under the spines. In perfume, cactus is a sappy, watery green over a dry, sandy earthiness, and its green and aquatic synthetics wear as heat held at bay.

Essentia catalog analysis
65 distinct perfumes with this note recorded.
Of the 65 perfumes in the catalog under this entry, 64 record a documented composition (at least three distinct notes or three distinct accords), spanning 1995 to 2023 across 23 distinct years.
64 / 65 perfumes have at least one other recorded note.
65 / 65 perfumes have at least one recorded accord.
These are recorded co-occurrences, not similarity scores, ingredient quantities or community preferences. Missing data is not evidence that a note or accord is absent.
Each perfume counts once, even if a note appears at multiple pyramid levels. Percentages use the documented sample in each section, not the entire catalog. Associations can overlap and do not add up to 100%.
Rankings require at least 10 perfumes with relevant data; an association must occur in at least 3. Only the most frequent associations are shown.
Compositions

Benetton
United Dreams Green Cactus For Her
2023

Fueguia 1833
Cactus Azul New
2022

Maissa Parfums
Jardin Majorelle
2022

Abercrombie Fitch
Naturally Fierce
2021

L'Occitane en Provence
Verveine Cactus
2021

Avon
Black Essential Leather
2020

Dame Perfumery
Soliflore Cactus Orchid
2018

Victoria's Secret
Very Sexy (2018)
2018

Croatian Perfume House
The Scent Of Dubrovnik
2018

Croatian Perfume House
The Scent Of Lošinj
2018

Banana Republic
06 Black Platinum
2017

АЮ DREAMS
302
2017

Abdul Karim Al Faransi
Amazonia
2017

Abdul Karim Al Faransi
Muqdisho Xamar
2016

Clean
Sueded Oud
2016

Dilis Parfum
Stargate
2014

Victoria's Secret
Very Sexy Eau de Parfum
2014

Victoria's Secret
Very Sexy (2012)
2012
Victoria's Secret
Give a Little Pink
2011

John Richmond
Viva Rock
2011

Calé Fragranze d'Autore
Roboris
2011

Nejma
Puro
2010

Avon
Black Suede Leather
2010

Calvin Klein
Ck In2u Her Collectables
2009

Airness
Cool Instinct
2008

Jardin De France
Hassana
2008

Comptoir Sud Pacifique
Eau des Lagons
2008

Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs Splash Cucumber
2007

Calvin Klein
CK IN2U for Her
2007

Tommy Bahama
Tommy Bahama
2005

Tommy Bahama
Tommy Bahama Men
2005

Avon
Goddess
2004

Calvin Klein
CK One Summer
2004

Avon
Today
2004

Comptoir Sud Pacifique
Vanille Pitahaya
2004

Dior
Chris 1947
2003

Gres
Cabotine Bleu
2003

O Boticário
Tarsila
2002

Avon
Onde Anda Você
2001
Victoria's Secret
Dream Angels Divine
2000

Impulse
Zen
1998

Dana
Herbissimo Te Verde
1996

Liz Claiborne
Curve for Men
1996

Tommy Hilfiger
Tommy
1995

Givenchy
Xeryus Rouge
1995

Atkinsons
Spirit Of Africa
0
Demeter Fragrance
Greenhouse
0
Demeter Fragrance
Grape Leaf
0
Demeter Fragrance
New Leaf
0
Anfasic
May 18th
0Fuller Cosmetics®
Floral's Secret (In Green)
0
Fleurage
Fleur de Nuit
0
Santa Maria Novella
Violetta
0
Abdul Samad Al Qurashi
Akabir
0
Abdul Samad Al Qurashi
Akabir For Men
0
Abdul Samad Al Qurashi
AKabir
0
Herbalife
Seaward
0
Atkinsons
Spirit of Africa Hawa Temptation
0
Atkinsons
Spirit of Africa Dayo Happiness
0
Scent by the Sea
Antebellum Perfume Oil
0
Cuba Paris
Cuba Cactus for Men
0Victoria's Secret
Sheer Love
0Victoria's Secret
Wild Scarlet
0Victoria's Secret
Ravishing Love
0
Davidoff
Cool Water Deep
0