Note

Camphor

Camphor smells piercing, medicinal, and cooling, like a strongly scented chest rub. In small amounts, it sharpens aromatic openings and hearts and connects herbs with conifers and dry woods.

In 6 perfumes. Usually found in the opening.

Opening
80%
Heart
0%
Drydown
20%
Found in Archives 69, King Cobra and Notorious Oud

Most popular with camphor

The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.

Often paired with

Notes that show up next to camphor more often than chance would predict.

Too few perfumes to say.

How it reads

Woody and aromatic above all. Reaches for camphor, earthy and smoky far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for citrus.

  • woody
  • aromatic
  • camphor
  • sweet
  • earthy
  • fresh
  • musky
  • green