- Origin
- an accord composed by the perfumer
- Raw materials
- woody and smoky notes, birch tar
- Extraction
- synthesis
- Olfactory group
- woody, smoky
- Position in the pyramid
- base
- Synthetic substitutes
- guaiacol, birch tar, cade oil
Smoked wood is an accord that conveys the smell of wood that has stood in smoke for a long time: charred logs in a fireplace, a smokehouse, embers after a campfire. It is a bold, masculine note with character.
How it smells: smoky, dry and warm: charred wood, birch tar, a light leathery and resinous shade, a faintly sweet, ashy note. Smoked wood sounds rugged, cosy and autumnal.
The smoky character comes from the same substances as smoked foods — guaiacol and related smoke molecules. Combined with woody notes, they create the image of wood “soaked” in a campfire.
What it pairs with: with leather and birch — “hunting” compositions, with incense — resinous smoke, with vanilla and tonka — sweet warm smoke, with whisky — a peaty character, with vetiver — a dry earthy base.
Good to know: the smoky smell of wood depends on the species: alder and beech give a soft smoke, oak and juniper a sharper, more resinous one, so every smokehouse smells different.
