Woody

Sandalwood

Note: base
Family: woody
Type: essential oil
Origin: New Caledonia

[Beyond Scents]

Ingredient

Ingredient Notes

Sandalwood oil has a lovely complex scent with creamy, sweet floral notes. It is unique amongst woody raw materials because its lacks any sharpness, moss-like, or smoky facet. Sandalwood makes a wonderful, versatile base, with sweetness that can be emphasized or simply left to soften the edges.

Prominent In

Chanel No. 5 (Chanel), Tam Dao (Diptyque), Lumiere Blanche (Olfactive Studio), Samsara (Guerlain), Santal Blanc (Serge Lutens)

Blends Well With

Bergamot, Iris, Rose, Geranium, Tuberose, Musk

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Woody

Patchouli

Note: base
Family: woody
Type: CO2 extract
Origin: India

[Raw Materials]

Ingredient

Ingredient Notes

Patchouli is a famously polarizing ingredient, in part because of association with patchouli-oil scented hippies in the 60s and 70s. In truth, patchouli is a versatile ingredient with a scent that is green and herbaceous with musky, earthy, balsamic undertones. Patchouli plays an important role in oriental, chypre and fougère-type fragrances.

Prominent In

Patchouli 24 (Le Labo), Patchouli Cologne (Santa Maria Novella), Angel (Thierry Mugler), White Patchouli (Tom Ford)

Blends Well With

Labdanum, Tonka Bean, Vanilla, Jasmine, Vetiver

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Woody

Amber

Note: base
Family: woody
Type: essential oil
Origin: Himalaya

[Beyond Scents]

Ingredient

Ingredient Notes

Natural, fossilized amber oil from fossilized tree resin that is millions of years old. The oil comes from a dry distillation process that extracts oil by processing the amber resin over high heat. This complex amber is an excellent fixative that adds depth and longevity to a fragrance. It has an animalic quality, and is warm, a little powdery.

Prominent In

Mitsouko (Guerlain), Ambre Narguile (Hermès), Ambre 411 (Histoires de Parfums), Ambre Sultan (Serge Lutens), Amber Absolute (Tom Ford)

Blends Well With

Vanilla, Spices, Woods, Tonka Bean, Benzoin

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Woody

Vetiver

Note: base
Family: woody
Type: essential oil
Origin: Sri Lanka

[Raw Materials]

Ingredient

Ingredient Notes

Vetiver essential oil comes from the sun dried root
of the plant. Its scent, initially earthy, woody, and root-like, becomes increasingly sweet, and slightly floral, violet-like. And it’s so true: earthy, damp, woodsy and smoky all at the same time. Vetiver is used across all fragrance families for its unique scent as well as its fixative properties.

Prominent In

Original Vetiver(Creed), Les Exclusifs de Chanel Sycomore (Chanel), Vetyver (Jo Malone), Vetiver 46 (Le Labo), Grey Vetiver (Tom Ford)

Blends Well With

Citrus, Oakmoss, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Patchouli

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