Georgywood

Origins and uses

Georgywood is a synthetic material from Givaudan. In a patent filed in 2005, the fragrance company states that "Georgywood" is its trademark, and describes the product sold under that name as a mixture of isomers: the patent covers a process that yields a much higher proportion of β-Georgywood, the olfactorily most potent isomer, a molecule from the octahydronaphthalene family. Givaudan publishes no public descriptive sheet: its olfactory profile is not disclosed by the manufacturer.

In the catalogue, it appears in the base of Melón Malo by Born To Stand Out, a honeyed, insolent melon between Bulgarian rose, oud, labdanum, leather and musk. It also sits at the heart of Sky Paris Sky by Memo Paris, alongside akigalawood and cocoa, between a top of pink pepper, incense and almond and a base of benzoin, vanilla and musk.