spicy notes
Zesty taste elements
Spicy notes are the warm, pungent qualities in fragrances, wines, or music that add complexity and bite.
In perfumery, spicy notes come from ingredients like cinnamon, clove, pepper, or cardamom: The cologne has spicy notes that emerge as it dries down.
Wine tasters detect spicy notes from oak aging or certain grape varieties.
In music, spicy notes are unexpected harmonies or inflections that give a piece edge or tension.
- pepperyHaving sharp, hot flavor
- black pepperDried berry spice
- red pepper flakesDried, crushed hot capsicum
- cinnamonAromatic bark spice
- gingerPungent culinary rhizome
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