Note
Benzoin
Benzoin smells sweet and balsamic, like vanilla warmed with soft resin and a faint cinnamon edge. It enriches the base and smooths woods, amber blends, spices, and gourmand notes.
In 265 perfumes. Usually found in the drydown.
- Opening
- 1%
- Heart
- 19%
- Drydown
- 79%
Most popular with benzoin
The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.
Asad
Lattafa Perfumes
2021
Khamrah Qahwa
Lattafa Perfumes
2023
Flowerbomb Tiger Lily
Viktor&Rolf
Hibiscus Mahajád
Maison Crivelli
Castley
Parfums de Marly
Oajan
Parfums de Marly
Let'S Pretend
Etat Libre d'Orange
Eau de Protection
Etat Libre d'Orange
The Afternoon of A Faun
Etat Libre d'Orange
Vain & Naïve
Nishane
Mana
Nishane
Shinanay
Nishane
Ani
Nishane
Ombre Tonka
Mancera
Often paired with
Notes that show up next to benzoin more often than chance would predict.
How it reads
Sweet and balsamic above all. Reaches for vanilla far more often than the catalogue as a whole.
- sweet
- balsamic
- woody
- vanilla
- citrus
- amber
- warm spicy
- aromatic