Ingredients · Woods · dry-down
Oakwood absolute
Oak barrel: cognac-like, vanilla, coconut and dry tannic wood.
- What it is
- Natural absolute from oak wood chips (Quercus robur, Q. petraea).
- Where it comes from
- France
- When you smell it
- Dry-down: what stays.
- What perfumers do with it
- Adds barrel-aged, boozy woodiness to gourmand, tobacco and whisky-cognac accords.
- Worth knowing
- Its coconut note is oak lactone, the same molecule barrel-ageing gives to whisky.
- Also called
- Oak wood extract; Quercus
Named by the house, not on the label, in 16
Crimson RocksAmouage · “Oakwood CO2”
Opus XV King BlueAmouage · “Oakwood”
Royal Blend SequoiaFrench Avenue · “Oak”
Bad Boy CobaltCarolina Herrera · “Oakwood”
Bois PacifiqueTom Ford · “Oakwood absolute”
Angels' ShareKilian Paris · “Oak”
BaréniaHermès · “Oak”
Miss Dior EssenceDior · “Oak notes”
Angels' Share on the RocksKilian Paris · “Oak”
English Oak & Hazelnut CologneJo Malone London · “Roasted Oak”
212 VIP Black ElixirCarolina Herrera · “Oakwood”
Bad Boy Cobalt AbsoluteCarolina Herrera · “Oakwood”
Costa AzzurraTom Ford · “Oakwood”
Angels' Share ParadisKilian Paris · “Oak”
Kismet MagicMaison Alhambra · “Oak”
Parfum Pour HommeMissoni · “Oak”