Note

Gaiac

Gaiac, or guaiac wood, smells softly smoky and woody, with a creamy, faintly rosy sweetness. It anchors the base and softens tobacco, leather, spices and floral notes.

In 1 perfumes.

Found in Ashes

Most popular with gaiac

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

Often paired with

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

Too few perfumes to say.

How it reads

Woody and amber above all. Reaches for anis, patchouli and warm spicy far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for citrus and vanilla.

  • woody
  • amber
  • anis
  • balsamic
  • musky
  • patchouli
  • warm spicy
  • sweet