Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Clearwood

Clean, creamy patchouli-woody tone, ambery and dark but without earthy grit.

What it is

A molecule made by fermentation.

When you smell it

Dry-down: what stays.

What perfumers do with it

Sustainable patchouli building block that complements or modernises patchouli oil.

Worth knowing

Launched in 2014 with partner Amyris, it was perfumery's first ingredient made at industrial scale by fermentation.

Also called

Biotech patchouli (patchoulol-rich)

Named by the house, not on the label, in 3

Mousse de Chêne 30Le Labo · “clearwood”Amnesia RoseAedes de Venustas · “clearwood”HacivatNishane · “clearwood”