Maile

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Woodsy green vine with coumarin, vanilla and a hint of spice

Scent Profile

Maile smells woodsy and leafy, with a warm, sweet coumarin note like soft hay. A hint of vanilla and a touch of spice sit over the wood. The scent grows stronger as the leaves and bark dry.

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Breadthmedium

EnvelopeBase · ~24h lasting

Family Woody & Earthy

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Materials That Can Make This Note

Perfumers can build Maile from materials such as:

Coumarin hay · tonka · cinnamon

Smell words come from published sources.

Allergens perfumes with this note can list: Coumarin

A given perfume with this note may use this material, or something else, and may or may not contain the allergens above.

Origin

Maile is a Pacific vine, Alyxia stellata, used for Hawaiian lei. The scent sits in the bark and leaves, not the flowers. Gatherers strip the bark and leaves from the woody pith, which frees a scented milky sap.

Usage in Perfumery

Maile is best known in lei and for scenting kapa cloth, where the leaves stay fragrant for days. In perfumery the name appears as a note that recalls the lei. No supplier of a maile extract was found.