Fragrance note · Musk, amber and animalic
Tolu Balsam
Sweet, warm tree resin with cinnamon-like spice, vanilla softness, and a faint balsamic medicinal edge.
You may know it from Benzoin-scented cough syrup or a sweet resin incense
Where it comes from
Natural
A fragrant resin tapped from Myroxylon balsamum trees in Central and South America.
Worth knowing
Despite its name, it is not related to the Japanese tolu tree.
Accords it shows up in
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Often paired with
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Well-known fragrances with Tolu Balsam
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