Aedes de Venustas · 2014 · Bertrand Duchaufour

Copal Azur

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Aedes de Venustas asks $245 for 100 ml
100 ml$245

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Salty, airy sea-air freshness with cardamom over smoky copal and frankincense, drying down to patchouli, tonka and amber.

Aedes de Venustas says

You’ll smell copal, ozone, salt, frankincense, resin, cardamom, patchouli, myrrh, tonka bean and amber.

More from Aedes de Venustas’s description

It also mentions Frankincense (three extractions), Ozonic notes, Salty notes and Green notes.

The house’s page

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The drawn Copal Azur bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Copal Azur’s scent picture, a draft: marine notes, frankincense, cardamom, patchouli, myrrh, tonka (coumarin) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Copal Azur, when you spray it: Frankincense, Cardamom

As it settlesheart notes

Copal Azur, as it settles: Copal, Marine notes

What staysdry-down notes

Copal Azur, what stays: Resin, Patchouli, Myrrh, Tonka (coumarin), Amber

What’s inside it

What Aedes de Venustas names

CopalSalt (marine notes)FrankincenseCardamomPatchouliMyrrhTonka bean

What the label names

5 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals1 sweet1 spices

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals1

Benzyl salicylate

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

Eugenol
2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares frankincense, cardamom, patchouli, myrrh and 1 more$550 for 100 ml · about twice Copal Azur’s $245
Mystic MossDries Van Noten · shares salt, frankincense, cardamom and patchouliabout $248 for 200 ml · about half of Copal Azur’s $245
Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · shares frankincense, cardamom, myrrh and tonka$395 for 100 ml
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DecisionAmouage · shares frankincense, cardamom, patchouli and myrrh$395 for 100 ml
Decision 42Amouage · shares frankincense, cardamom, patchouli and myrrh$550 for 100 ml · about twice Copal Azur’s $245
BoundlessAmouage · shares frankincense, cardamom, patchouli and myrrh$395 for 100 ml
Epic ManAmouage · shares frankincense, cardamom, patchouli and myrrh$395 for 100 ml
Overture ManAmouage · shares frankincense, cardamom, patchouli and myrrh$395 for 100 ml
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LustreAmouage · shares cardamom, patchouli, myrrh and tonka$475 for 100 ml · about twice Copal Azur’s $245
Oud CadenzaMaison Crivelli · shares cardamom, patchouli, myrrh and tonkaabout $466 for 100 ml · about twice Copal Azur’s $245
Oud ZarianCreed · shares frankincense, patchouli, myrrh and tonka$630 for 100 ml
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares frankincense, patchouli, myrrh and tonka$115 for 75 ml
Taormina OrangeTom Ford · shares salt, cardamom and patchouli$300 for 50 ml · about twice Copal Azur’s $245
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Palais BourbonMemo Paris · shares frankincense, cardamom, patchouli and tonka$350 for 75 ml · about twice Copal Azur’s $245
Lyric WomanAmouage · shares frankincense, cardamom, patchouli and tonka$395 for 100 ml
Ambassador IntenseGisada · shares frankincense, cardamom, patchouli and tonka$135 for 100 ml · about half of Copal Azur’s $245
HawaSwiss Arabian · shares cardamom, patchouli and myrrh$68 for 50 ml · about half of Copal Azur’s $245
ReasonsAmouage · shares cardamom, patchouli and myrrh$475 for 100 ml · about twice Copal Azur’s $245
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Bottled AbsoluHugo Boss · shares frankincense, patchouli and myrrh$169 for 100 ml
Jubilation 25 WomanAmouage · shares frankincense, patchouli and myrrh$395 for 100 ml
LineageAmouage · shares frankincense, patchouli and myrrh$395 for 100 ml
Gold ManAmouage · shares frankincense, patchouli and myrrh$395 for 100 ml
Interlude Black Iris ManAmouage · shares frankincense, patchouli and myrrh$395 for 100 ml
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Queen of SilkCreed · shares frankincense, patchouli and myrrh$460 for 75 ml
Jubilation 40 ManAmouage · shares frankincense, patchouli and myrrh$550 for 100 ml · about twice Copal Azur’s $245
Jubilation XXV ManAmouage · shares frankincense, patchouli and myrrh$395 for 100 ml
Above the WavesEtat Libre d'Orange · shares frankincense, cardamom and tonkaabout $186 for 100 ml
Musc NurāsanaMaison Crivelli · shares frankincense, cardamom and tonkaabout $441 for 100 ml · about twice Copal Azur’s $245
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Journey ManAmouage · shares frankincense, cardamom and tonka$395 for 100 ml
Bottled ElixirHugo Boss · shares frankincense, cardamom and patchouli$115 for 100 ml · about half of Copal Azur’s $245
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