Charred Wood
Note Profile
About
The blackened solid rather than the fire: charcoal, tar and a hard burnt edge on dry wood.
Scent Profile
Charred Wood smells of the blackened solid rather than the flame: charcoal and tar, a hard burnt edge rather than drifting smoke. A medicinal, phenolic smokiness runs through it. Underneath, the timber is still readable as dry wood. A hard, tarry black leather note sits beside it, and the charcoal brings a dry, ashen, mineral edge. A trace of burnt sugar keeps it from turning purely acrid.
ScentWheel
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
ScentArt
Materials That Can Make This Note
Perfumers can build Charred Wood from materials such as:
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2,6-dimethoxyphenol smoky · phenolic · medicinal
Smell words come from published sources.
A given perfume with this note may use some of these, or something else.
Origin
Not a material. It is an accord a perfumer builds. The usual materials are cade oil, birch tar and guaiacol, the phenolic smoke molecule, with mineral and carbon notes around them. Cade oil is the main natural source of the effect. The accord smells of wood after burning rather than of the fire.
Usage in Perfumery
About 115 perfumes carry the note (counted 2026-10-10). It usually runs through the whole fragrance rather than sitting in one phase. It is used as the dark end of a woody base, and it pairs with leather, oud and incense.
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Perfumes featuring Charred Wood
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