Note Profile
Sugandha kokila is the oil of the dried berries of Cinnamomum glaucescens, a tree of the Himalayan regions of Nepal and India. It is steam distilled. It opens with a fresh camphor and eucalyptus burst, then moves to a warm cinnamon-spice heart with berry-fruit sweetness. The dry-down is quiet and green, close to green tea, over hay-like warmth and wood.
Sugandha Kokila opens with a fresh camphor-eucalyptus burst and moves into a warm cinnamon-spice heart, with berry-fruit sweetness from the cinnamon berries it is distilled from. A faint medicinal edge sits alongside the camphor: the supplier who sells the oil gives its aroma as 'sweet medicinal spicy berry fruit like'. The dry-down is quiet and green, close to green tea, over a dry hay-like warmth and a woody base. The scent is complex, offering both freshness and depth.
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
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Sugandha kokila oil is steam-distilled from the berries of Cinnamomum glaucescens, from Nepal and Assam. A Nepalese study found 1,8-cineole at 13 per cent of the whole-fruit oil and 56 per cent of the pericarp oil, with methyl cinnamate and alpha-terpineol. Three suppliers sell it. We do not hold the oil.
Sugandha Kokila oil is steam-distilled from the dried berries of the Cinnamomum glaucescens tree, native to the Himalayan regions of Nepal and India. The berries are harvested from wild or cultivated trees, and the essential oil is prized in both traditional medicine and perfumery.
Perfumers use Sugandha Kokila primarily as a heart or base note to impart spicy, aromatic warmth and complexity. It blends well with woody, resinous, and oriental materials, and is valued for its ability to add richness and diffusion to herbal and spicy accords.
A selection of reviewed perfumes where Sugandha Kokila appears prominently.
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