Ingredients · Green · top note
Galbanum oil
Say itGAL-buh-num oil
Intensely green, bitter bell pepper and pine; sharp, earthy, crushed-stem freshness.
- What it is
- Natural oil from steam-distilled gum resin of a giant fennel.
- Where it comes from
- Iran, Afghanistan
- When you smell it
- Top notes: when you spray it.
- What perfumers do with it
- The signature of 'green' perfumery; adds sharp natural greenness to chypres, florals and fresh accords.
- Worth knowing
- Its green smell comes not from its main molecule, pinene, but from traces of pyrazines and sulfur compounds.
- Known in
- Vent Vert (Balmain, 1947); No 19 (Chanel, 1970); Chamade (Guerlain, 1969)
- Also called
- Ferula gummosa (F. galbaniflua) gum-resin oil
Named by the house, not on the label, in 18
Lyric ManAmouage · “Green Galbanum”
Beach Hut ManAmouage · “Galbanum”
Opus VII Reckless LeatherAmouage · “Galbanum”
Amber Oud Aqua DubaiAl Haramain · “Galbanum”
Hawas AtlantisRasasi · “Galbanum”
Silver Mountain WaterCreed · “Galbanum”
OscarOscar de la Renta · “Galbanum”
Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · “Galbanum”
Hermann à mes côtés me paraissait une ombreEtat Libre d'Orange · “Galbanum”
Infusion de RosePrada · “galbanum”
Royal OudCreed · “bitter green galbanum”
Future MemoriesByredo · “Galbanum”
French LoverFrédéric Malle · “galbanum”
LilyphéaDiptyque · “galbanum essence”
Morning ChessVilhelm Parfumerie · “Galbanum”
Cape WrathBeauFort London · “Galbanum”
Elysium Pour HommeRoja Parfums · “Galbanum”
Green Irish TweedCreed · “Galbanum”Sources