Perfumes with Tolu Balsam

Tolu balsam smells warm, sweet and vanilla-like with cinnamon and faintly floral nuances, from the South American Myroxylon balsamum tree; it is softer and lighter than Peru balsam.

The balsam seeps from cuts made in the trunk of trees growing in Colombia and Venezuela and is solvent-extracted into a resinoid. Its benzoic and cinnamic components give vanilla, caramel and slight hyacinth-like tones. Tolu balsam sits mainly in the base of a fragrance and acts as a fixative. It pairs with vanilla, benzoin, labdanum, tonka, tobacco and spices.

Tolu Balsam appears in 831 perfumes in the Fisfis catalogue and is used mostly as a base note.

Popular perfumes with Tolu Balsam

• Prada Marienbad (2015)
• Moresque Al Andalus (2015)
• Cartier Les Heures de : L'Heure Defendue VII (2011)
• Oscar De La Renta Jasmine (2016)
• Reminiscence Patchouli pour Homme (2000)
• Toskovat' Я ' (2022)
• Haute Fragrance Company HFC Beautiful & Wild (2018)
• One of Those Mercury [80Hg] (2013)
• Jean Desprez Bal à Versailles Eau de Cologne (1962)
• Bortnikoff L'Heure Exquise (2018)
• Givenchy Foudroyant (2022)
• Dumont Nitro Blue (2020)
• Etro Patchouly Eau de Parfum (2016)
• Gucci A Reason To Love (2022)
• Givenchy Eaudemoiselle de Ambre Velours (2013)
• Nabeel Irth (2023)
• Prada La Femme Absolu (2018)
• Xerjoff White On White (2023)
• Lattafa Perfumes Niche Emarati Khalid (2023)
• Michael Kors Kors (2003)
• Nez a Nez Bal Musque
• Jennifer Lopez JLust (2015)
• Carven Paris Bangalore (2017)
• Guerlain Chamade Extract (1969)

Notes most often paired with Tolu Balsam

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