Perfumes with Woody Notes

Woody notes describe a broad family of dry, warm, slightly resinous and sometimes creamy wood scents rather than one specific tree, giving a fragrance a solid and grounded base. Note lists use the term when no single wood is named.

Behind it there may be natural materials such as cedar, sandalwood or vetiver, or synthetic woody molecules designed to add volume and persistence. Depending on the blend, the effect ranges from dry and pencil-like to smooth and milky. Woody notes mostly sit in the base, sometimes in the heart. They pair well with musk, amber, patchouli, bergamot, spices and vanilla.

Woody Notes appears in 7,778 perfumes in the Fisfis catalogue and is used mostly as a base note.