Woody, 1973: Iso E Super
Choose Woody by the note, not by the bottle photo. “Iso E Super” in 1973 titles that note, and 1973 is strength or time. Shop lighting is not lasting power. IFRA sets industry limits on some naturals and synthetics. A reformulation is usually a legal edit, not a betrayal. This atlas is not a safety sheet.
Day to night, all year. Very dry skin can read woods as sawdust. Yes. Warm, moist skin amplifies sweet and spice; dry or cool skin can turn the same juice woody, soapy or short. Test on your skin, not only a blotter. Any ethics or materials I should know? Read the materials chapter for the actual load. Niche and designer often share a family and disagree on dose.
No. This atlas is cultural and editorial. Fragrance can irritate; oakmoss, eugenol, citrus oils and musks are common triggers. See a clinician for reactions. Nothing here is a diagnosis, treatment or safety sheet. Woody did not arrive as one bottle. The timeline below keeps Grasse, Guerlain, Chanel, Nahéma and IFRA as proper names, not metaphors.
Read the years as a map of trade and reformulation, not as a ranking of beauty. Ernest Beaux / Chanel: sandal, aldehydes, ylang — wood as couture. IFF’s woody-amber molecule; later a genre. Lutens / Sheldrake / Bourdon: cedar as a feminine manifesto for Shiseido then Lutens. Ellena for Cartier: vetiver-woody spice, watercolor woods.
On the blotter, keep 1973, “Iso E Super,” and 1973. Without them Woody blurs.1973
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 1973
- Figure kept
- 1973
- Scent
- Woody
- Trial line
- Iso E Super