Perfumes with Benzoin

Benzoin smells sweet, warm, balsamic and lightly powdery, a resin very close to vanilla with soft hints of cinnamon and caramel. It is the hardened gum that seeps from the bark of Styrax trees.

Siam benzoin, from Laos and Thailand, is the more vanilla-like type, while Sumatra benzoin is drier and sharper. The resin is processed with solvents into a resinoid. Because it evaporates slowly, benzoin sits mainly in the base, where it also helps fix lighter notes. It pairs well with vanilla, labdanum, tonka bean, incense, rose, sandalwood and musk, and it is a frequent part of amber accords.

Benzoin appears in 6,626 perfumes in the Fisfis catalogue and is used mostly as a base note.

Popular perfumes with Benzoin

• Balmain Beauty Ambre Gris (2008)
• Mdci Parfums Chypre Palatin (2012)
• Kenzo Jungle Homme (1998)
• Salvatore Ferragamo Acqua Essenziale Blu (2014)
• Roja Dove Enigma Pour Homme Parfum Cologne (2019)
• Atelier Cologne Rose Anonyme (2012)
• Shiseido Feminite du Bois (1992)
• Elie Saab Le Parfum in White (2018)
• Bvlgari BLV Eau de Parfum II (2009)
• Roja Dove Diaghilev
• Victoria s Secret Sexy Little Things Noir Tease Victoria's Secret (2010)
• Van Cleef & Arpels Ambre Impérial Van Cleef & Arpels (2015)
• Zoologist Perfumes Cow (2022)
• Guerlain Mon Eau de Toilette (2018)
• Boucheron Place Vendôme (2013)
• Carner Barcelona El Born (2014)
• Burberry Mr. (2016)
• Gucci Bloom Profumo Di Fiori (2020)
• Frederic Malle Geranium Pour Monsieur (2009)
• Moschino Couture! (2004)
• Amouage Material (2021)
• Phlur Vanilla Skin (2023)
• Commodity Gold
• Rasasi Fattan (2018)

Notes most often paired with Benzoin

• Vanilla
• Bergamot
• Musk
• Sandalwood
• Jasmine
• Patchouli
• Amber
• Rose
• Cedar
• Tonka Bean
• Vetiver
• Mandarin Orange