Note

Hyrax

Perfumery hyrax material, called hyraceum, smells intensely animalic, earthy, and leathery, with fermented and urine-like nuances. Used sparingly, it adds depth to bases built around leather, woods, resins, and musk.

In 2 perfumes.

Found in Jus Interdit and Oglasa

Most popular with hyrax

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

Often paired with

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

Too few perfumes to say.

How it reads

Woody and balsamic above all. Reaches for earthy, rum and iris far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for citrus.

  • woody
  • balsamic
  • earthy
  • sweet
  • amber
  • musky
  • iris
  • vanilla