Clearwood Fragrances

Clearwood Fragrances

Clearwood is a captive aroma material developed by Firmenich, produced through biotechnology rather than harvested from a plant. It is designed to capture the rich, woody depth of patchouli in a cleaner, more transparent form, free of the earthy and camphoraceous facets that the natural raw material can carry.

Its scent is smooth, woody, and warm, with a velvety patchouli character that reads as polished and refined. There is a subtle sweetness and a soft, ambery undertone, but it stays remarkably clear and rounded on skin, lingering with a creamy, low-key persistence rather than a heavy, rooty bite.

In perfumery, Clearwood sits firmly in the base, valued for its tenacity and its ability to add body and a modern woody signature. It belongs to the woody and chypre families and pairs readily with patchouli, vetiver, and cedar, as well as with ambery materials, roses, and fruity notes it helps to deepen.

About Clearwood Fragrances

Clearwood is a proprietary woody aromatic molecule developed by Symrise, one of the world's leading fragrance and flavour companies. Launched in the early 2010s, it was designed as a sustainable, high-performance woody ingredient — offering the warmth and smoothness of cedarwood with a cleaner, more modern character that integrates seamlessly into contemporary fragrance compositions.

As a fragrance note, Clearwood is clean, warm, and cedar-like — with a smooth, slightly creamy woodiness that lacks the rough edges of natural cedar or the sharpness of some synthetic woods. Its profile is understated and refined: a dry, warm woody warmth that reads as natural and elegant, with excellent tenacity and a skin-like quality that makes it supremely wearable. It functions both as a standalone woody note and as a blender and fixative, enhancing and prolonging other woody, musky, and amber accords. It pairs naturally with musks, vetiver, sandalwood, ambers, and light florals.

Clearwood has been rapidly adopted by perfumers worldwide for its exceptional versatility, naturalistic quality, and sustainability profile. It represents the best of modern aroma chemistry: precise, beautiful, and responsibly produced. At Fragrenza, our Clearwood note collections showcase the smooth, modern woody elegance this molecule delivers — offering high-quality, contemporary fragrance dupes at prices that make sophisticated woody perfumery accessible to all.

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