Amouage · 2025 · Alexis Grugeon

Opus XVI Timber

VersionEau de Parfum

Amouage says

You’ll smell cypress, cardamom, juniper, Pink Pepper, cocoa, lavandin, Fir Balsam, Hojari Frankincense, Palo Santo, Vanilla Bourbon, sandalwood, cedarwood and patchouli.

The house’s page

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Opus XVI Timber’s scent picture, a draft: cardamom, juniper, pink pepper, cacao, lavender, frankincense drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Opus XVI Timber, top notes: Cypress, cardamom, juniper, Pink pepper, Cacao

Heartthe first hours

Opus XVI Timber, heart: Lavender, Fir balsam, Frankincense

Dry-downhours later

Opus XVI Timber, dry-down: palo-santo, Vanilla, Sandalwood, Cedar, Patchouli, virginia-cedar, Iso E Super, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

17 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

1 citrus5 herbs & lavender2 florals5 woods2 sweet2 spices

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender5

Lavender oilCamphorLinalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals2

CitronellolGeraniol

Woods5

Cedarwood oilPatchouli oilSandalwood oilSantalolIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol

Not in Ingredients yet5

Pinene, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetIsoeugenyl acetate, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yetAlpha-terpinene, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoate

Named by Amouage, never on a label

CypressCardamomJuniperPink PepperCocoaFir BalsamHojari FrankincensePalo SantoVanilla Bourbon

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 17 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.