Note
Costus
Costus root has an earthy, oily, animalic smell often compared with damp hair or wool. Its character, commonly reconstructed in modern perfumery, adds bodily depth to woody, leather, and musk bases.
In 7 perfumes.
Most popular with costus
The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.
Often paired with
Notes that show up next to costus more often than chance would predict.
Too few perfumes to say.
How it reads
Sweet and woody above all. Reaches for animalic, leather and musky far more often than the catalogue as a whole.
- sweet
- woody
- animalic
- musky
- leather
- balsamic
- vanilla
- green