

Ingredients · Woods · dry-down
Gurjun balsam oil
Say itGUR-jun BAWL-sum oil
Mild, warm woody-balsamic, faintly earthy and sweet.
- What it is
- Natural oil from distilled oleoresin of Dipterocarpus trees.
- Where it comes from
- India and Southeast Asia
- When you smell it
- Dry-down: what stays.
- What perfumers do with it
- Cheap woody fixative and blender; supports patchouli, amyris and floral bases.
- Worth knowing
- Long used to cut patchouli oil—fraud betrayed by allo-aromadendrene, a molecule true patchouli lacks.
- Also called
- Dipterocarpus spp.; gurjun
Named by the house, not on the label, in 4
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