Guaiac Wood
Guaiac wood smells smoky, creamy, and slightly tarry, with the sensation of warm wood, tea, dry resin, and embers fading under ash. It is darker than sandalwood and softer than many sharp dry woods, often carrying a velvety, almost leathery smoothness. In perfume it appears in woody, incense, amber, leather, and spicy compositions, where it lends depth without roughness. Guaiac wood can make rose feel duskier and vanilla less sweet. It is central to Le Labo Gaiac 10, where the note becomes intimate and skin-like, and to Byredo De Los Santos, where guaiac’s smoky calm threads through herbs, woods, and quiet ritual.
- Matière Première — Bois d Ebene
- By Kilian — Cruel Intentions
- Montale — Aoud Flowers
- Amouage — Dia Woman
- Ex Nihilo — Cologne 352
- Mancera — Aoud Blue Notes
- Parfums de Marly — Byerley
- Montale — Aoud Lagoon
- Amouage — Epic Woman
- BDK Parfums — Oud Abramad
- Maison Margiela — By the Fireplace
- Montale — Aoud Night
- Penhaligon's — Racquets
- Mancera — Aoud Vanille
- Memo Paris — Sicilian Leather
- Mancera — Black Line
- Tiziana Terenzi — Dubhe Assoluto
- Maison Francis Kurkdjian — Aqua Vitae
- Parfums de Marly — Layton
- Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle — Musc Ravageur
- Amouage — Jubilation XXV Man
- Amouage — Memoir Man
- Parfums de Marly — Pegasus Exclusif
- Le Labo — Violette 30