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Calvados

The apple brandy itself is not a perfume material; houses build an accord of apple, spirit and oak cask.

What it is

A food or a drink, not something extracted: perfumers build its smell from other materials.

How perfumers build it

Cognac oilEthyl heptanoateIsoamyl isovalerate, not in Ingredients yetEthyl safranateOakwood CO2 extract

Known in

Overture Woman (Amouage, 2020)

Worth knowing

Calvados must age at least two years in oak barrels before it can carry the name.

Named by the house in 1 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

Overture 41Amouage · “Calvados”