Note · Woods
Patchouli
Pogostemon cablin
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It is the dried, lightly fermented leaves of patchouli that are distilled. Its earthy, camphoraceous, woody, almost chocolatey oil has the rare quality of improving with age.
What it brings
Depth, lasting power and assertive character. It anchors chypres and warms amber fragrances.
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Material profile
- Family
- Woods
- Nature
- Natural material
- Botanical name
- Pogostemon cablin
- Origin
- Indonesia (Sulawesi, Sumatra), India.
- How it is obtained
- Steam distillation
- On Volute
- 202 fragrances
The fragrances that reveal it
In the same family · Woods
- Akigalawood
- 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
- Palo santo
- Papyrus
- Pine
- Pine needles
- Rosewood
- Sandalwood
- Smoked wood accord
- Teak
- Thuja
- Vetiver
- Woody notes