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Ebony

Ebony gives no perfume oil and smells only faintly when worked; the accord stands for dense, black, polished wood.

What it is

Something that grows but gives no oil worth extracting, so perfumers rebuild its smell from other materials.

Known in

Eilish No. 2 (Billie Eilish, 2022)

Worth knowing

Freshly worked ebony has only a mild, slightly unpleasant smell.

Named by the house in 4 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

Black LacquerTom Ford · “Makassar Ebony Wood ScentTrek™”Eilish No. 2Billie Eilish · “Ebony”ÉbèneBalmain · “Ebony Wood”1 Million BlackRabanne · “Ebony Wood Accord”