Eight bottles and noses that still define Woody.
Darker cells mean a higher score for this topic on that metric.
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Cedar, iso-woods and dry timber — the architecture under most modern bottles.
Concentration is oil in alcohol, not a quality score. EDT (about 5–15%) shows more top; EDP (about 15–20%) shows more heart and base. Houses vary; this is not a lab assay.
One or two sprays on skin or cloth — sternum or hair, not a cloud in a lift. Let it turn an hour before you add more.
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.
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.
Icons for Woody are bottles and people — Nahéma, Chanel, Guerlain stay as names.
Scores below are editorial marks inside this atlas, not lab assays.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An icon is a brief that other Woody formulas still answer.
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