Earthy

Treemoss

Note Profile

Natural 1 perfume

Also Known As

Tree Moss

About

Treemoss is a mossy-woody fragrance note made from a lichen extract used to evoke damp forest air and bark. In perfumery it is often treated as a natural forest material with earthy, green, and slightly animalic facets.

Scent Profile

Treemoss smells dark, damp, and forested, with moss, wet wood, bark, and dry lichen facets. It can read slightly bitter, smoky, and musty, with a muted green edge and a low, earthy hum underneath.

ScentWheel

Breadthfocused

EnvelopeBase · ~400h lasting

Origin

In perfumery, treemoss usually refers to lichen material such as Evernia furfuracea or Pseudevernia furfuracea, extracted from mosses or lichens growing on conifers. It is typically obtained by solvent extraction to produce an absolute or resinoid-like material rather than a distilled oil.

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers use treemoss to add a forest-floor effect, naturalistic depth, and a mossy base in chypre, fougère, woody, and earthy compositions. It blends well with oakmoss styles, vetiver, woods, patchouli, violet leaf, lavender, and animalic musks when a darker natural base is needed.

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