Green Forest

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Green Forest is an abstract frame, not a material. No source names it as an accord a perfumer buys or builds to a formula. Trade writing splits forest scent in two: a living-conifer reading of pine, fir and spruce, and a mossy-woodland reading of damp earth and decay.

Scent Profile

Green Forest smells of crushed conifer needles and cut branch, a fresh, living green rather than a dusty one. Underneath is the bark and heartwood of pine, fir and spruce, with a balsamic sap sweetness from the resin. A cooling, camphoraceous bite runs through the canopy. Lower still, and lighter than the canopy above it, sits a damp, earthy moss note like a woodland floor.

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EnvelopeHeart · ~6h lasting

Family Green & Aromatic, Woody & Earthy, Amber · Musk · Leather

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Origin

A composed idea with no single raw material behind it. High Altitude Cosmeceuticals: 'Pine, fir, spruce, cedar, cypress, and other conifer materials help create the unmistakable aroma of evergreen forests.' The same source names the second half: tree mosses 'contribute earthy, green, shaded, and woodland-like qualities'. Eden Botanicals gives the one material that does most of the work on its own, balsam fir absolute, which 'when used in low dilution... imparts a fresh, natural forest fragrance to a vast array of perfume compositions'.

Usage in Perfumery

A frame for fougeres and outdoor masculines, and for anything reaching for cold air under trees. 23 Fragrantica placements, nothing on Parfumo. It runs through a composition rather than sitting in one stage, because the green needle lift is a top effect and the resin and moss under it are not.