Ingredients · Woods · dry-down
Guaiac wood oil
Say itGWYE-ak wood oil
Smoky, sweet woody with rosy, tea-like and soft vanilla-balsamic tones.
- What it is
- Natural oil from wood and sawdust of Bulnesia sarmientoi.
- Where it comes from
- Paraguay and the Gran Chaco
- When you smell it
- Dry-down: what stays.
- What perfumers do with it
- Warm, smoky-rosy woodiness for rose, vanilla and sandalwood accords; smooths and fixes heart notes.
- Worth knowing
- The crude oil is semi-solid at room temperature because it is packed with crystalline guaiol and bulnesol.
- Rules
- Limited. CITES Appendix II since 2010, covering wood, oil and extracts.
- Also called
- Gaiac; Bulnesia sarmientoi; palo santo (Paraguay)
Named by the house, not on the label, in 43
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Epic 56 WomanAmouage · “Guaiac Wood”
Dia 40 WomanAmouage · “Guaiac Wood”
Jubilation 40 ManAmouage · “Guaiac Wood”
Line 618Amouage · “Guaiacwood”
RemainAmouage · “Guaiacwood”
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InvictusRabanne · “Gaiac wood”
Replica By the FireplaceMaison Margiela · “Guaïac Wood Oil”
Oud 27Le Labo · “gaïac”
Rose 31Le Labo · “Gaïac wood”
Vetiver 46Le Labo · “gaïac”
Violette 30Le Labo · “guaiacwood”
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Tabac 28Le Labo · “gaiac wood”
Detour NoirAl Haramain · “Guaiac Wood”
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AlthaïrParfums de Marly · “Guaicwood”
Black AoudMontale · “Guaiacwood”
E Cashmere MuskClive Christian · “Guaiacwood”
MarwaArabiyat Prestige · “Guaiacwood”
Althaïr ExclusifParfums de Marly · “Guaicwood”
Pomegranate Noir CologneJo Malone London · “Guaiacwood”
WonderwoodComme des Garçons · “Gaïac wood”
Little FlowerRégime des Fleurs · “Gaiuac Wood”
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