Note · Woods
Palo santo
Bursera graveolens
Palo santo, "holy wood" in Spanish, is a South American tree whose wood is traditionally burnt like incense. Its essential oil, distilled from dead wood, smells of pale, resinous wood with hints of citrus and mint.
What it brings
A luminous woody smoke, between incense and citrus.
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Material profile
- Family
- Woods
- Nature
- Natural material
- Botanical name
- Bursera graveolens
- Origin
- Dry forests of South America, notably in Ecuador and Peru.
- How it is obtained
- Steam distillation
- On Volute
- 3 fragrances
The fragrances that reveal it
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- Ambery cedar notes
- Amyris
- Baobab
- Black hemlock
- Blond woods
- Cade oil
- Cashmeran
- Cashmere wood
- Cedarwood
- Clearwood
- Coconut wood
- Cypress
- Cypriol
- Driftwood
- Ebony wood
- Fig wood
- Fir
- Georgywood
- Guaiac wood
- Kingwood
- Lorenox
- Mahogany
- Musky woody notes
- Oak
- Orcanox
- Oud
- Papyrus
- Patchouli
- Pine
- Pine needles
- Rosewood
- Sandalwood
- Smoked wood accord
- Teak
- Thuja
- Vetiver
- Woody notes