Fragrance note · Woods and mosses
Bamboo
Fresh-cut green stalks, watery leaves, and a clean, lightly woody scent.
You may know it from a freshly cut bamboo cane
Where it comes from
Synthetic
Usually built from aroma chemicals; bamboo yields no widely used perfume extract.
Worth knowing
It is usually an imagined scent, not bamboo oil.
Accords it shows up in
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Often paired with
The notes that appear next to Bamboo most often in our catalogue.
Well-known fragrances with Bamboo
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Houses that use it most
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