Note
Elemi
18 perfumes feature this note.
Lolita Lempicka
Si Lolita
2009Si-Lolita opens with a bright bergamot that quickly gives way to its heart: a pillowy heliotrope accord dusted with pink pepper's dry warmth.
SweetAmberVanillaSoft Spicy3.8 / 5· 3,741Penhaligon'S
The Omniscient Mr Thompson
2023Omniscient Mr Thompson opens with a soft billow of lavender and elemi resin — the kind of scent that conjures a well-lined library, papers stacked with purpose.
IrisLavenderVanilla4.2 / 5· 514Jeanne En Provence
Verveine Cédrat
2015Lemon opens cleanly — not sharp or synthetic, closer to the zested rind before it softens into blood orange's slightly sweeter, more rounded citrus.
MuskyAromaticFreshFruity4.2 / 5· 496Maison Crivelli
Papyrus Moleculaire
2020Elemi and black pepper open with a resinous-spiced brightness — elemi's fresh incense quality alongside pepper's dry heat, coriander adding an herbal sharpness.
SmokyWarm SpicyAmberAromatic3.9 / 5· 489Comme Des Garçons
Series 3: Incense - Avignon
2002Avignon opens with a luminous, almost ecclesiastical haze—roman chamomile and aldehydes suggest parchment and cool stone, while elemi adds a faintly citrus-resinous brightness.
SmokyPatchouliBalsamicSoft Spicy4.0 / 5· 443Amouage
Opus XII – Rose Incense
2019Opus XII opens with frankincense, elemi, and a black-ink accord most prominent in the first minutes — a slightly cold, astringent quality before the smoke and resin begin to warm.
SmokyRoseAromaticWarm Spicy4.2 / 5· 373Dolce & Gabbana
Velvet Incenso
2018Velvet Incenso earns its name honestly.
SmokyBalsamicAmberPatchouli4.3 / 5· 355Amouage
The Library Collection Rose Incense
2019Rose Incense (Library Collection) opens with frankincense and elemi, a resinous-citrus pairing that gives the opening an almost medicinal brightness before the smoke settles.
SmokyWoodyRoseAromatic4.2 / 5· 352O Boticário
Galbe
2000A clean aromatic masculine from 2000 that builds on the classic fougère blueprint without ornamentation.
LavenderOzonic3.8 / 5· 307Giorgio Armani
Santal Dan Sha
2022Santal Dan Sha — part of Armani Privé's 2022 collection — is sandalwood at its most unhurried.
WoodyAromaticFresh SpicyOzonic4.1 / 5· 295Calvin Klein
Obsessed for Women Intense
2018Elemi — a resinous material with a citric, slightly piney edge — opens alongside mandarin, giving the top notes transparent brightness with a faint incense undertone.
LavenderAmberMuskyAromatic3.8 / 5· 289O Boticário
Zaad Arctic
2023Zaad Arctic opens with grapefruit and bergamot alongside water notes and ice — a citrus-aquatic signature that reads as clean and cool without being generic.
AmberMarineOzonicSalty4.0 / 5· 230Kenzo
Kenzo Homme Sport Extreme
2013Kenzo Homme Sport Extreme takes the sport masculine genre to a temperature extreme — the opening is icy peppermint with black pepper adding bite rather than warmth, lemon cutting any remaining sweetness.
AromaticFresh SpicyGreenWoody3.6 / 5· 211Penhaligon'S
The Omniscient Mister Thompson
2023The Omniscient Mr Thompson plays the part of a butler who knows where every body is buried.
LavenderIrisVanillaWarm Spicy4.0 / 5· 185Natura
Água de Banho Priprioca
2004Água de Banho Priprioca is part of Natura's Ekos line, which sources ingredients directly from Amazon biodiversity programs.
SaltyCitrusAromaticPowdery3.9 / 5· 178Natura
Copaiba
2015Named for the Copaifera tree — an Amazonian species whose trunk yields a thin, aromatic balsam oil used in both traditional medicine and perfumery.
LeatherCitrusWoodyEarthy4.1 / 5· 161Yves Saint Laurent
Le Vestiaire - Caban
2015Carlos Benaïm's 2015 Caban opens on three peppers stacked together — elemi, pink, black — that read as one bright resinous burst rather than three discrete materials.
Warm SpicyWoodyBalsamicFresh Spicy4.0 / 5· 109Zara
Vibrant Leather Encens
2022Despite the name, no leather appears in the actual pyramid — this is a smoky resin study, full stop.
SmokyWarm SpicyFresh SpicyAromatic4.0 / 5· 55