Note

Castoreum

Castoreum smells leathery, smoky, and animalic, with warm resinous and dried-hide nuances. Often recreated in modern perfumery, it gives the base depth and blends with woods, tobacco-like accords, and balsams.

In 66 perfumes. Usually found in the drydown.

Opening
6%
Heart
24%
Drydown
71%
Found in Mana, Unutamam and Afrika-Olifant

Most popular with castoreum

The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.

Often paired with

Notes that show up next to castoreum more often than chance would predict.

How it reads

Woody and leather above all. Reaches for animalic, balsamic and warm spicy far more often than the catalogue as a whole.

  • woody
  • leather
  • animalic
  • balsamic
  • sweet
  • warm spicy
  • citrus
  • vanilla