533. Brachos on Fragrances

Brachos 8:16

If a person ate meat and drank wine, he recites two after-brachos, but if he ate figs or grapes with apples, pears or other fruits that are not special to Israel, he recites the one bracha that includes the themes of three (i.e., al ho’eitz) after. This includes everything that he ate since all of them are fruits of the tree. The same rule applies in all such situations.

Brachos 9:1

Just as one may not benefit from food or drinks before reciting a bracha, so may one not benefit from fragrances without first reciting a bracha. If the fragrant thing is a tree, or something that comes from a tree, the bracha is “Who created fragrant trees.” If the fragrant thing is an herb, or something that comes from an herb, the bracha is “Who created fragrant herbs.” If it is not the product of a tree or an herb, the bracha is “Who created different types of spices.” This is recited, for example, over musk, which is an animal product. If the fragrant item is a fruit that is fit to eat, like an esrog or an apple, the bracha is “Who placed a pleasant fragrance in fruit.” If one recited “Who created different types of spices” on any fragrance, he fulfills his obligation.