Cedarwood is the dry bracing wood in the base of Old Money. Pencil shavings and clean lumber dryness. It holds structure without turning creamy.
What Does Cedarwood Smell Like in Perfume?
Cedarwood smells like fresh cut lumber with a sharp edge. Dry wood sits under that. The dryness carries a bracing lift. It stays structural and clean rather than soft or milky.
The note sits in the base and anchors the blend. It does not sit like dessert wood. What you get is a steady dry frame that keeps the floor from softening.
Cedarwood is bracing wood architecture. Creamy wood is a different read.
Is Cedarwood Just Pencil Shavings or Closet Wood?
Cedarwood is not creamy sandalwood. Pencil shavings lean dry and sharp. Closet wood leans clean and dry too. This note stays bracing on purpose. It supports the floor. Then it steps back.
Plenty of wood notes lean round and soft. This one stays thin and dry. A creamy note would fill longer and cover more ground. The short brace leaves room for the rest of the base. For the cream side of the same bottle, read the sandalwood perfume note.
Where Does Cedarwood Sit in Old Money?
We use cedarwood only in Old Money. It lives in the base next to leather, amber, oak, and sandalwood. The full structure looks like this:
TOP: Grapefruit, Bergamot MIDDLE: Ginger, Mint, Ylang Ylang BASE: Leather, Amber, Oak, Sandalwood, Cedarwood
You can read more about the open in the grapefruit perfume note and the bergamot perfume note. The middle notes appear in the ginger perfume note and the ylang ylang perfume note. The base notes appear in the leather perfume note, amber perfume note, and sandalwood perfume note.
Cedarwood does not sit on Norse Winter. That bottle lists fir balsam, oak, and leather as three separate base notes. Oak is its own cell there. Do not treat cedarwood and oak as the same wood.
The story room is a parlor floor. Dry wood architecture sits under the rest. Those details are story. The table still puts cedarwood in the base with leather, amber, oak, and sandalwood.
The full bottle story is on What Is Old Money Perfume?. Old Money and Norse Winter and Bold Fortune and Old Money show how the bottles sit next to each other.
How Does Cedarwood Sit in the Formula?
Old Money holds about 20 percent fragrance in oil. Cedarwood makes up part of the base and works with leather, amber, oak, and sandalwood to keep that section braced. The roll-on bottle costs $45 for 20 mL. Anyone can buy it at the Old Money product page. If you want help choosing a first bottle, start with How to Pick a Perfume or browse the full perfume collection.
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