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Ingredients

Explore 24 materials, their origins and scent — from raw matter to fragrance.

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Oud / Agarwood — illustrative raw material
Oud / Agarwood

A study in materials

From material to bottle

Where the notes live

Each creation names the scent directions it explores. Follow a note to its material — or a material to its fragrance.

All ingredients

24 of 24 materials

Ambrette — illustrative raw materialAmbretteMusky · Soft · FruityBenzoin — illustrative raw materialBenzoinBalsamic · Sweet · Vanilla-likeBergamot — illustrative raw materialBergamotCitrus · Tea-like · FloralCardamom — illustrative raw materialCardamomFresh spicy · Green · CamphoraceousCedarwood — illustrative raw materialCedarwoodDry · Woody · Pencil shavingsCoumarin — illustrative physical materialCoumarinHay-like · Almond · SweetFrankincense — illustrative raw materialFrankincenseResinous · Lemony · WoodyHedione — illustrative physical materialHedioneFloral · Airy · Jasmine-likeIso E Super — illustrative physical materialIso E SuperWoody · Ambery · VelvetyJasmine absolute — illustrative raw materialJasmine absoluteWhite floral · Rich · IndolicLabdanum — illustrative raw materialLabdanumAmbery · Leathery · BalsamicLemon — illustrative raw materialLemonZesty · Bright · FreshNeroli — illustrative raw materialNeroliFloral · Green · CitrusOrris — illustrative raw materialOrrisPowdery · Violet-like · WoodyOud / Agarwood — illustrative raw materialOud / AgarwoodWoody · Resinous · SmokyPatchouli — illustrative raw materialPatchouliEarthy · Woody · WarmRose absolute — illustrative raw materialRose absoluteFloral · Honeyed · RichRose oil — illustrative raw materialRose oilFloral · Fresh · SpicyRose oxide — illustrative physical materialRose oxideRosy · Green · MetallicSaffron — illustrative raw materialSaffronSpicy · Leathery · WarmSandalwood — illustrative raw materialSandalwoodCreamy · Woody · SoftVanilla absolute — illustrative raw materialVanilla absoluteSweet · Balsamic · CreamyVanillin — illustrative physical materialVanillinVanilla-like · Sweet · CreamyVetiver — illustrative raw materialVetiverEarthy · Rooty · Smoky

A note is not a formula

Rose is a scent impression. Rose absolute, rose oil and rose oxide are different materials that can help create it. A perfume’s note list describes its character, not its complete formula.

Is oud the same as agarwood?

Agarwood is the resin-rich wood; oud often refers to the oil distilled from it. Read the oud profile or discover Oudh Oil · Seufi.

Natural or synthetic?

Natural extracts contain mixtures of compounds; aroma molecules offer more specific effects. Neither label alone determines quality or safety.

How are materials extracted?

Distillation, expression and extraction each shape the result. Visit The process.