Amouage · 2025 · Alexis Grugeon

Opus XVI Timber

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Amouage asks $395 for 100 ml
100 ml$395

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Cypress, fir balsam and palo santo woods with frankincense.

Amouage says

You’ll smell cypress, cardamom, juniper, Pink Pepper, cocoa, lavender (lavandin), Fir Balsam, Hojari Frankincense, Palo Santo, Vanilla Bourbon, sandalwood, cedarwood and patchouli.

The house’s page

The drawn Opus XVI Timber bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Opus XVI Timber’s scent picture, a draft: cypress, cardamom, juniper, pink pepper, cacao, lavender drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Opus XVI Timber, top notes: Cypress, Cardamom, Juniper, Pink pepper, Cacao

Heartas it settles

Opus XVI Timber, heart: Lavender, Fir balsam, Frankincense, Citronellol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Opus XVI Timber, dry-down: Palo santo, Vanilla (vanillin), Sandalwood, Cedar, Patchouli, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Amouage names

CypressCardamomJuniperPink PepperCocoaLavender (lavandin)Fir BalsamHojari FrankincensePalo SantoVanilla BourbonSandalwoodCedarwoodPatchouli

What the label names

22 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.

3 citrus6 herbs & lavender2 florals5 woods2 sweet4 spices

Citrus3

LimoneneTerpinolenealpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender6

PineneLavender oilCamphorLinalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals2

Citronellol (rose)Geraniol (rose)

Woods5

Cedarwood oilPatchouli oilSandalwood oilSantalolIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices4

beta-CaryophylleneEugenolIsoeugenyl acetateIsoeugenol
3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoate

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares cardamom, juniper, pink pepper, lavender and 5 more$550 for 100 ml
Decision 42Amouage · shares cardamom, juniper, pink pepper, frankincense and 4 more$550 for 100 ml
DecisionAmouage · shares cardamom, juniper, pink pepper, frankincense and 3 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Opus XVI Timber’s $395
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.