Balsamic perfumes

The balsamic accord is the warm, sweetish, slightly vanillic and sticky smell of balsams and resins that seep from certain trees. It adds density, depth and a soft warmth to a fragrance.

Peru and tolu balsam, benzoin, styrax, labdanum and copaiba are its typical materials, many of them naturally rich in benzoates and cinnamates. Balsamic notes sit in the base and act as fixatives, helping the whole composition last longer. They pair readily with amber, vanilla, warm spices, woods and incense. Because of their enveloping character, balsamic fragrances are most often worn in autumn and winter and in the evening.

The Balsamic accord appears in 18,027 perfumes in the Fisfis catalogue. Below are the most popular scents where it leads.

Perfumes led by the Balsamic accord

• Amouage Overture Man (2019)
• Amouage Ubar (1995)
• Etat Libre D' Orange Archives 69 Etat Libre d'Orange (2011)
• L Artisan Parfumeur Passage d'Enfer L'Artisan Parfumeur (1999)
• Amouage Fate Woman (2013)
• Amouage Outlands (2024)
• Vilhelm Parfumerie Morning Chess (2015)
• Penhaligon s The Bewitching Yasmine Penhaligon's (2017)
• Dior Fahrenheit Absolute (2009)
• Byredo Oud Immortel (2010)
• Carolina Herrera Bad Boy Extreme (2022)
• Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud (2012)
• Amouage Dia Man (2002)
• Montale Full Incense (2010)
• Maison Crivelli Iris Malikhân (2020)
• Lattafa Perfumes Raghba Wood Intense (2014)
• Prada L'Eau Ambree (2009)
• Comme des Garcons Floriental (2015)
• Amouage Imitation Woman (2018)
• Donna Karan DKNY Delicious Night (2008)
• Hugo Boss Boss Orange (2011)
• Etat Libre D' Orange Rien Intense Incense Etat Libre d'Orange (2014)
• Nouvelle Etoile Novaa Zara Patchouli Magique Новая Заря (The New Dawn)
• Xerjoff XJ 1861 Zefiro (2015)