Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Buddha wood oil

Smoky, leathery-woody with vetiver-like earthiness and a sweet resinous edge.

What it is

Natural oil from wood of Eremophila mitchellii.

Where it comes from

semi-arid Queensland and New South Wales, Australia

When you smell it

Dry-down: hours later.

What perfumers do with it

Adds smoky, vetiver- and oud-like depth to woody and leather accords.

Worth knowing

Called 'false sandalwood', it is unrelated to true sandalwood; its oil centres on eremophilone, named after the plant's genus.

Also called

Eremophila mitchellii; false sandalwood