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Icons & legends

Eight bottles and noses that still define Woody.

Icons for Woody are bottles and people — Nahéma, Chanel, Guerlain stay as names.

Scores below are editorial marks inside this atlas, not lab assays.

People

Bois des Îles

1926– · France

Beaux’s aldehydic sandal-wood floral for Chanel.

Bois des Îles (1926–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Bois des Îles as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Woody is argued.

Féminité du Bois

1992– · France

Cedar-plum feminine; Sheldrake / Bourdon / Lutens.

Féminité du Bois (1992–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Féminité du Bois as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Woody is argued.

Terre d’Hermès — France
Gryffindor · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Terre d’Hermès

2006– · France

Ellena’s flint, orange and cedar; mineral wood bestseller.

Terre d’Hermès (2006–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Terre d’Hermès as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Woody is argued.

Molecule 01 — Germany
Alchemist peter · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Molecule 01

2006– · Germany

Geza Schoen’s Iso E Super solinote.

Molecule 01 (2006–, Germany) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Molecule 01 as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Woody is argued.

Déclaration

1998– · France

Ellena’s woody-spice watercolor for Cartier.

Déclaration (1998–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Déclaration as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Woody is argued.

Tam Dao — France
Micha L. Rieser · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Tam Dao

2003– · France

Temple sandal-cedar woods.

Tam Dao (2003–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Tam Dao as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Woody is argued.

Ernest Beaux — France
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Ernest Beaux

1881–1961 · France

Bois des Îles and No. 5; wood inside modernism.

Ernest Beaux (1881–1961, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Ernest Beaux as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Woody is argued.

Geza Schoen

1969– · Germany

Molecule 01; wood as a single-molecule product.

Geza Schoen (1969–, Germany) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.

Read Geza Schoen as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Woody is argued.

Debate

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