Woody familyBase note
Guaiac wood
Guaiac wood is a base note from the woody family: smoky and faintly tarry, the note behind woody fragrances that read like a warm campfire.
- 01Family
- Woody
- 02Pyramid
- Base
- 03Best seasons
- Autumn, Winter
- 04Type
- Note
What does guaiac wood smell like?
Guaiac wood: smoky and faintly tarry, the note behind woody fragrances that read like a warm campfire.
From our page: Woody fragrance familyIs guaiac wood a top, heart or base note?
Guaiac wood is a base note.
- Top15 minutes to 2 hours
- HeartHour 1 to hour 5
- Base4 to 12+ hours
Woods almost always sit in the base of a composition rather than the heart, so the family is defined less by a loud opening than by how it settles after the first hour.
From our page: Woody fragrance familyBase notes are the memory: they are what lingers on a coat hours after you took it off.
From our page: Top, Middle, Base: How the Notes Pyramid Actually WorksWhat does guaiac wood pair with?
Woody fragrances are built around wood notes such as cedar, sandalwood, oud, vetiver and cypress, and the woods overlap constantly with amber.
Named partners
Also in the woody family
- Sandalwoodbase note
- Oudbase note
- Vetiverbase note
- Cypressbase note
- Ambroxanbase note
- Iso E Superbase note
The woody family bridges to
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