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Woody

Woody: the smell of wood: dry, warm or resinous, from cedar to sandalwood.

On record here, the word is carried by Iso E Super, Iso E Super, agarospirol. Each carrier says who uses the word and on what evidence: a source, the trade’s convention or the house’s own reading.

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Term
woody
perfumery convention

the trade’s shared vocabulary; no single source

the trade’s shared vocabulary; the word as the records and sources use it

confidence B

Family
wood
perfumery convention

Classification of 1. top notes: a) citrus, b) aldehydic, c) fruity, d) green and e) herbaceous/herbal, 2. heart notes: a) floral light, b) floral green, c) floral fresh, d), floral fruity, e) floral heavy and f) floral woody and 3. bottom notes: a) aromatic, b) balsamic, c) moss/leather/animalic, d) musk, e) amber and f) wood.

ISO-2 · Stepanyuk A, Kirschning A · read 2026-09-30

the family name as the published classification the review gives (top, heart and bottom notes) spells it

confidence B

Definition
The smell of wood: dry, warm or resinous, from cedar to sandalwood.
house interpretation

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the house’s own definition, written for this vocabulary

confidence C

Also written
old-wood
as used

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the words the carriers below use for this term; each carrier names its own source

confidence B

Carried by
  • Iso E Super (as used: “woody”)
    documented

    Iso E Super® (33) | 59056-94-9 | woody, floral, ambergris, violet, old-wood, lemony (500 ng L−1)

    ISO-2 · Stepanyuk A, Kirschning A · read 2026-09-30

    the descriptors of Table 1 of the review for rac-33

    confidence A

  • Iso E Super (as used: “old-wood”)
    documented

    Iso E Super® (33) | 59056-94-9 | woody, floral, ambergris, violet, old-wood, lemony (500 ng L−1)

    ISO-2 · Stepanyuk A, Kirschning A · read 2026-09-30

    the descriptors of Table 1 of the review for rac-33

    confidence A

  • agarospirol (as used: “woody”)
    documented

    Among these, agarospirol [17] is recognized as a characteristic aroma component [3,18], imparting a unique spicy, peppery, and woody note [19].

    GC-14 · Wen S, Cheng W, Li Y, Er L, Wu M, Deng Z, Lu L, Liu T · read 2026-09-30

    confidence B

Related terms
In teaching accords

Sources

  1. ISO-2 · Stepanyuk A, Kirschning A. Synthetic terpenoids in the world of fragrances: Iso E Super® is the showcase. Beilstein J Org Chem. 2019;15:2590–2602. doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.15.252 · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY 4.0
  2. GC-14 · Wen S, Cheng W, Li Y, Er L, Wu M, Deng Z, Lu L, Liu T. Terpene synthases screening in agarwood tree Aquilaria yunnanensis leads to the discovery of agarospirol. Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology 2027;15:1–9 (online 17 June 2026). DOI 10.1016/j.synbio.2026.05.009. PMID 42376004. PMCID PMC13311179. doi.org/10.1016/j.synbio.2026.05.009 · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (open access, as the article states); short quotes only, nothing adapted or filed

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this record as data: /data/descriptor/woody.json · version 1 · updated 2026-09-30 · confidence B