Ingredients · Woods · dry-down

Patchoulol

Say itpuh-CHOO-lawl

Soft, dry earthy-woody patchouli core, less camphoraceous than the oil.

What it is

Natural material from sesquiterpene alcohol crystallised from patchouli oil.

Where it comes from

its main constituent

When you smell it

Dry-down: hours later.

What perfumers do with it

Rarely used alone; natural fractions boost patchouli character in woody and chypre bases.

Worth knowing

First isolated in 1869, it makes up roughly a third of patchouli oil yet is not its most important odorant.

Also called

Patchouli alcohol; patchoulanol