Lemon Tree Wood
Note Profile
About
Lemon tree wood is the wood of the lemon tree read as a fragrance note. Nobody distils it. The only published description of it as a perfumery referent is Givaudan's own worked example for Lemonile: 20% Lemonile over 80% Kephalis, which Givaudan labels 'Interpretation of lemon tree wood: a sparkling and fizzy citrus heart enriched by a deep spicy sandalwood'. The note is therefore a constructed accord. Citrus is laid over a woody-amber base so the citrus reads as bark and heartwood rather than as peel.
Scent Profile
Lemon Tree Wood smells like lemon peel over an old, dry wood rather than a standing tree. The citrus is bright and slightly bitter, close to peel oil rather than juice. A dry wood base runs almost level with it, old rather than freshly sawn, which stops the citrus reading as fruit. A rounded, resinous amber warmth sits underneath, with a spicy sandalwood impression.
ScentWheel
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
ScentArt
Materials That Can Make This Note
Perfumers can build Lemon Tree Wood from materials such as:
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3,7-dimethylnona-2,6-dienenitrile lemon · metallic · citrus
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Kephalis amber · tobacco · herbal
Smell words come from published sources.
A given perfume with this note may use some of these, or something else.
Origin
Citrus limon wood, in principle. In practice there is no raw material. No essential-oil or GC-MS work on lemon heartwood or bark was found, and none is expected, because the timber is a pruning residue and not a distillation feedstock. The one named build is Givaudan's synergy example on the Lemonile page: Lemonile supplies the citrus (its own odour description is 'Citrus Lemon Intense', and Givaudan's perfumer comment calls it 'the powerful and natural smell of lemon and bigarade'), and Kephalis supplies the wood. Givaudan's word 'sandalwood' names the effect the pair produces, not the smell of either part.
Usage in Perfumery
Used as a woody anchor under a citrus opening, so the lemon has something to sit on instead of evaporating. Attested 4 times on Parfumo across 4 brands and not at all on Fragrantica, which is the pattern of a term that appears in brand copy rather than one perfumers buy in a bottle.
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