The best woody niche perfumes: our selection
by NADARA Parfumerie
Cedar, sandalwood, vetiver: dry or creamy woods, elegant and warm. Here is our selection, one or two creations per house, to explore every facet of this family.
Santal de Paris
A powdery, luminous Mysore sandalwood, carried by lily and ambrette, melting into the warmth of benzoin and vanilla.
Top notes: powdery notes, lily and amyris · heart: ambrette, ambroxan and sandalwood · base: vanilla, benzoin and labdanum
Discover Santal de Paris – Extrait de parfum, 50 ml, from €220
Oud Envoûtant
The most oriental of the house's creations: red berries, chocolate and warm spices, a heart of oud, cedar and lavender, then a base of amber, leather and tonka.
Top notes: raspberry, peach, chocolate and caramel · heart: patchouli, cedar, oud and white wood · base: amber, vanilla, leather and tonka bean
Discover Oud Envoûtant – Extrait de parfum, 50 ml, from €50
Bloody Smoke
The tale of an epic battle: mineral notes and elemi, an incense with metallic glints, then a salty base of ambergris, myrrh and vanilla.
Top notes: salt, elemi, jasmine and lily of the valley · heart: incense and tonka bean · base: musk, sandalwood, ambergris and vanilla
Discover Bloody Smoke – Extrait de parfum, 50 ml, from €130
Nº 4 Saffron, Oud, Vanilla
An intense, precious woody scent: saffron and warm spices, a deep oud lifted with guaiac and resins, softened by vanilla.
Top notes: bergamot and orange blossom · heart: saffron, nutmeg, cinnamon and iris · base: oud, guaiac wood, vanilla and labdanum
Discover Nº 4 Saffron, Oud, Vanilla – Eau de parfum, 100 ml, from €150
Cœur de Patchouli
A patchouli both fresh and warm: mint and spices awaken the opening, incense and vetiver deepen the heart, then a base of dry woods, cistus and leather leaves a refined signature.
Top notes: mint, cardamom, black pepper and cinnamon · heart: incense, patchouli, vetiver and rose · base: woody notes, labdanum and leather
Discover Cœur de Patchouli – Extrait de parfum, 100 ml, from €180
Cèdre Superfluide
The powerful, sophisticated cedar of the Atlas peaks, awakened by rose and immortelle, softened with velvety plum, then lit up by vanilla and saffron.
Top notes: pink pepper and thyme · heart: immortelle, plum and rose · base: ambroxan, saffron, sandalwood and vanilla
Discover Cèdre Superfluide – Eau de parfum, 100 ml, from €190
Royal Oak
Sensuality and energy: a spicy opening of nutmeg and cinnamon, a woody, oriental heart of incense and cedar, then a deep base of musk, oud and saffron.
Top notes: nutmeg and cinnamon · heart: incense, cypriol and cedar · base: musk, oud and saffron
Discover Royal Oak – Eau de parfum, 100 ml, from €220
Santal Gourmand
Pistachio and raspberry open onto a heart of candy floss, wrapped in the milky warmth of sandalwood.
Top notes: pistachio and raspberry · heart: candy floss · base: sandalwood
Discover Santal Gourmand – Extrait de parfum, 100 ml, from €60
The whole family is gathered in Woody perfumes. Still unsure? Take our scent quiz: it suggests your perfumes in one minute.
