Perfumes with Opoponax

Opoponax smells warm, sweet and balsamic with honeyed and slightly lavender-like nuances; also called sweet myrrh, it gives a fragrance a soft, powdery resinous depth.

The resin of Commiphora guidottii, a tree of Somalia and Ethiopia, is collected and then solvent-extracted into a resinoid or steam-distilled into an oil. It is rounder and sweeter than the bitter side of myrrh, with hints of warm honey, dried fruit and wood. Opoponax sits mainly in the base of a fragrance. It pairs with frankincense, labdanum, vanilla, benzoin, rose and spices.

Opoponax appears in 927 perfumes in the Fisfis catalogue and is used mostly as a base note.

Popular perfumes with Opoponax

• Ormonde Jayne White Gold (2017)
• Jusbox Use Abuse (2016)
• Astrophil & Stella Amberlievable Astrophil & Stella (2020)
• Mind Games As-Suli’s Diamond (2022)
• Les Parfums de Rosine Poussiere de Rose
• Elizabeth Arden Arden Men Sandalwood (1956)
• One of Those Sulphur [16S] (2013)
• Stephane Humbert Lucas 777 Manteuse Stéphane Humbert Lucas 777 (2018)
• Caron Poivre (1954)
• D ORSAY Etiquette Bleue D’ORSAY (1830)
• House of Matriarch Kazimi (2016)
• Oddity Dead Air . (2022)
• Angelos Créations Olfactives Tabac Libre Angelos Créations Olfactives (2020)
• 4160 Tuesdays Doe In The Snow (2014)
• Esteban Ambrorient (2008)
• Perry Ellis Original (1985) (1985)
• Carine Roitfeld Aurelien (2019)
• Comme des Garcons Series Luxe: Patchouli (2007)
• Coquillete Moramanga (2012)
• Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier Or des Indes (1988)
• Paraphrase Gilded (2020)
• Homoelegans Tadzio (2015)
• Guerlain Shalimar Eau De Parfum Serie Limitee (2020)
• La Maison De La Vanille Absolu de Vanille (2011)

Notes most often paired with Opoponax

• Patchouli
• Vanilla
• Sandalwood
• Bergamot
• Musk
• Amber
• Jasmine
• Rose
• Benzoin
• Vetiver
• Cedar
• Incense