Perfumes with Styrax

Styrax smells warm, balsamic and slightly smoky with a leathery, cinnamon-like sweetness, giving a fragrance a dark, smooth and resinous depth.

Two sources matter in perfumery: Liquidambar orientalis, native to south-western Anatolia, and Liquidambar styraciflua from Central America. The balsam collected from the trunk is steam-distilled into an oil or solvent-extracted into a resinoid. Its cinnamic facets, amber warmth and faint tarriness make it a classic fixative. Styrax is used mainly in the base. It pairs with labdanum, benzoin, vanilla, leather, frankincense and rose.

Styrax appears in 1,337 perfumes in the Fisfis catalogue and is used mostly as a base note.

Popular perfumes with Styrax

• Mendittorosa Sogno Reale (2015)
• Tauer Perfumes 14 Noontide Petals (2013)
• Robert Piguet Oud (2012)
• The Different Company Adjatay (2016)
• Comme des Garcons White (1998)
• Parle Moi de Parfum Wake Up World (2022)
• Kyse Perfumes Oui Plus (2015)
• Les Liquides Imaginaires Abyssis (2022)
• Xerjoff Homme Anniversary (2024)
• Amouage The Library Collection Opus XI (2018)
• Carner Barcelona Sweet William (2017)
• Omanluxury Khanjar (2020)
• Roja Dove Qatar (2017)
• One of Those Helium [2He] (2012)
• Bohoboco Dark Vinyl Musk (2021)
• Gianfranco Ferre Ferre by Ferre (1991)
• Prissana Haxan (2018)
• Les Liquides Imaginaires Saltus (2015)
• Laurent Mazzone Parfums Hard Leather (2014)
• Tauer Perfumes L'Oudh (2018)
• Agatho Parfum 195 a.C. (2019)
• L Orchestre Parfum Thé Darbouka L'Orchestre Parfum (2017)
• Roja Dove Great Britain (2015)
• Toskovat' Born Screaming ' (2023)

Notes most often paired with Styrax

• Patchouli
• Sandalwood
• Bergamot
• Vanilla
• Musk
• Amber
• Jasmine
• Benzoin
• Rose
• Cedar
• Labdanum
• Leather