Woodleather®
Note Profile
About
Woodleather® is a Firmenich captive aroma chemical used to build leather accords. It is powerful and it lasts. The name pairs wood with leather, but the only perfumer on record describing it in a finished fragrance talks about leather alone.
Scent Profile
Woodleather smells like worn hide above all else, powerful and long-lasting. A dry, woody warmth sits underneath, fainter than the leather itself. The result is leather over a quiet wood base.
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Origin
Woodleather® is a synthetic molecule owned by Firmenich, now DSM-Firmenich. US trademark 5293402 was filed on 2016-06-13. The filing covers perfumery, cosmetics and flavour chemicals in general and carries no odour description. It is a captive, so Firmenich does not sell it as a raw material. Two Firmenich resale ranges were checked and both list sibling captives such as Leather MD and Leather Oud but not Woodleather.
Usage in Perfumery
Perfumers use it as a base-note leather material, at high dosage, as the spine of a composition rather than a detail. Ilias Ermenidis built Goldfield & Banks Purple Suede around it. He credits it with the fragrance's strength, diffusion and lasting power, and calls it the signature that gives the leather feeling. Nine Parfumo placements across seven brands are recorded for it.
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Perfumes featuring Woodleather®
A selection of reviewed perfumes where Woodleather® appears prominently.
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