Ingredients · Amber & resins · dry-down
Benzoin Siam resinoid
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Soft vanilla-chocolate sweetness with warm balsamic, almost powdery depth.
- What it is
- Natural resin extract from resin tapped from Styrax tonkinensis trees.
- Where it comes from
- mainly Laos
- When you smell it
- Dry-down: hours later.
- What perfumers do with it
- Sweet balsamic fixative; smooths and warms amber, powdery and oriental bases, reinforcing vanilla-like tones.
- Worth knowing
- Its gentle vanilla scent comes largely from coniferyl benzoate and natural vanillin inside the resin.
- Also called
- Siam benzoin; gum benjamin (Siam)
Named by the house, not on the label, in 21
OutlandsAmouage · “Benzoin”Overture ManAmouage · “Benzoin”Overture WomanAmouage · “Benzoin”MaterialAmouage · “Benzoin Resinoid”BoundlessAmouage · “Benzoin Resinoid”LineageAmouage · “Benzoin”
ExistenceAmouage · “Benzoin”Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · “Benzoin”Reflection 45 ManAmouage · “Benzoin”Overture 41Amouage · “Benzoin”LustreAmouage · “Benzoin”ReasonsAmouage · “Benzoin”Interlude WomanAmouage · “Benzoin”Beloved WomanAmouage · “Benzoin”Fate WomanAmouage · “Benzoin”ParadigmePrada · “Benzoin resin”
Le Male ElixirJean Paul Gaultier · “Benzoin”HeroBurberry · “benzoin”Hibiscus MahajádMaison Crivelli · “Amber notes such as benzoin”
Ylang 49Le Labo · “benjoin”
Benjoin 19Le Labo · “benjoin”
Le Male ElixirJean Paul Gaultier · “Benzoin”HeroBurberry · “benzoin”Hibiscus MahajádMaison Crivelli · “Amber notes such as benzoin”Ylang 49Le Labo · “benjoin”Benjoin 19Le Labo · “benjoin”