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WOODY

15Nuances

Attributes

Authentic
Persistent
Powerful
Comforting
Enveloping
Vigorous
Strong character
Elegant
Dry
Intense

Description

The Woody family is as rich and multifaceted as the Floral family.

Sandalwood—creamy, velvety and milky—has a warm, reassuring and opulent character when it comes to Woody fragrances.

Cedarwood, on the other hand, features a dry note that’s reminiscent of sawmills and pencils. Meanwhile, vetiver roots provide an elegant and qualitative tone with its wet accents of grapefruit and smoked scents. Finally, oud wood—strong and animal-like—evokes a powerful and sensual scent.

The research of synthetic molecules has expanded the perfumer’s palette with the development of interesting woody notes, enhancing natural notes and bringing about new, dry, creamy or powerful and vibrant effects."

Combining with WOODY, the green notes add a contrasting, vibrant and effusive light. They reinforce the natural notes by adding a vegetal touch and a scent of the outdoors.

Combining with WOODY, the watery notes add scents of algae, iodine and marine breeze but also an effect of transparency, air, or even ozone. They give a contrasted clearness to the woody notes.

Combining with WOODY, the aromatic notes add a complex freshness, associated to countless plants, aromatic herbs and the smell of fields warmed by the sun. They transmits an energetic and clean sexiness.

Combining with WOODY, the aldehydic notes give a scent of laundry room, clean cotton or even whiteness, like a freshly ironed white shirt. They reinforce the lasting of the woods, in a natural and fresh way.

Combining with WOODY, the floral notes breathe a blooming heart to the fragrance. They comprise an incredible diversity of nuances that provide nobility, delicacy or richness to fragrances.

Combining with WOODY, the fruity notes add velvety or juicy, sour or sweet accents, giving more modernity to the woods.

Combining with WOODY, the spicy notes add contrast to the fragrance. They provide character, personality and relief. They vary from pungent freshness to enveloping warmth.

The Woody family is rich and multi-faceted. Whether it is sandalwood, cedar, vetiver, oud wood or synthetic woody molecules, they bring strength and refinement to perfumes.

Combining with WOODY, the Chypre accord brings texture and depth. The adding of floral notes, enhanced with patchouli and moss, give an incredible trail and diffusion to fragrances.

Combined with WOODY, the notes of tobacco reinforce the silkiness and richness of the fragrances, playing with a pleasant scent, reminiscent of blond tobacco, through nuances of woods, honey and freshly mown hay.

Combining with WOODY, gourmand notes add a warm, appetizing, tasty and generous scents. They provide comfort and well-being to the perfumes, with notes that are reassuring as they most often evoke the scents of childhood.

Combining with WOODY, ambery notes enhance the heady, voluptuous, warm and captivating personality. They add very soft, enveloping and sometimes powdery notes, extending the scented trail by providing a velvety accent and sensuality.

Combining with WOODY, leathery notes add quite an unusual scent, with dry or sometimes very dry notes, trying to reproduce the smoky odour of leather, the softness of the styrax, or the velvety touch of suede.

Combining with WOODY, musks enhance the persistence and roundness of the fragrances. They add a comfortable, reassuring, soft and slightly fruity scent, that makes the perfume rounder and more mellow. They add a clean effect and sensual notes… similar to the smell of skin.