Note
Tolu Balsam
25 perfumes feature this note.
Paco Rabanne
Black XS
2005The opening is sharper than you might expect—sage cutting through citrus like crushed herbs on cold stone.
PatchouliCinnamonCaramelLavender4.0 / 5· 5,620Ormonde Jayne
Tolu
2002The first breath delivers a silvery brightness—orange blossom cut with the herbal, slightly medicinal edge of clary sage.
AromaticWhite FloralWarm SpicyFresh Spicy4.1 / 5· 981Yves Saint Laurent
Opium Yves Saint Laurent 1977 Parfum
1977Opium announces itself as a cultural event as much as a fragrance.
AmberVanillaSmokyPatchouli4.0 / 5· 465Laurent Mazzone Parfums
Patchouli Boheme
2011Patchouli Bohème opens with a brief woody-green preface — geranium's slightly minty, rose-adjacent freshness alongside a general woodiness that signals this is not a sweet or floral composition.
PatchouliLeatherTobaccoWarm Spicy4.1 / 5· 458Swiss Arabian
Shaghaf Men
Shaghaf Men opens with orange, lemon, and lavender — a straightforward aromatic-citrus intro that positions itself firmly in the fresh masculine tradition before the composition starts layering in its more unexpected elements.
LavenderCitrusCinnamonPatchouli3.9 / 5· 328Bath & Body Works
Velvet Sugar
2013Velvet Sugar is a full-tilt gourmand with surprising structural complexity.
CaramelVanillaAmber4.2 / 5· 327Giorgio Armani
Indigo Tanzanite
2022Named after the deep-blue gemstone found only near Tanzania's Kilimanjaro, Indigo Tanzanite opens with almond warmth and a thread of bergamot that keeps it from becoming cloying.
AmberWarm SpicyWoodyAlmond4.0 / 5· 324Pierre Guillaume
Aomassaï
2006Caramel opens thick and burnt, immediately folding in roasted coffee to create a bitter-sweet espresso-bean accord that clings to the skin.
CaramelBalsamicWoodySmoky3.8 / 5· 258Kenzo
Power Cologne
2009Power Cologne opens with a warm aromatic accord — bergamot lifts the citrus while coriander and cardamom add dry spice from the first spray.
AromaticFresh SpicyWarm SpicyCitrus4.2 / 5· 240Roja Parfums
Parfum de la Nuit 1
2015A nocturnal animalic chypre that opens with a brief flicker of bergamot before plunging into the resins.
BalsamicSweetVanillaPatchouli4.1 / 5· 193Roja Parfums
Parfum de la Nuit 2
2015Parfum de la Nuit 2 opens on orange-lemon-bergamot — a polite citrus shell that lasts about as long as it takes to settle the bottle.
RumVanillaSweetPatchouli4.2 / 5· 184Aether Arts Perfume
Electrum
1998Ambergris opens things in an austere, marine-animalic register — there is a density here from the first moment, with little in the way of brightness or lift.
AmberTobaccoWoodyCitrus3.5 / 5· 176Givenchy
Enflammé
2020Enflammé opens with coffee and labdanum simultaneously — no conventional top note here, just the immediate declaration of a dark, resinous composition.
TobaccoVanillaSweetWarm Spicy4.4 / 5· 174Maison Mona di Orio
Les Nombres d'Or - Ambre
2010Benzoin dominates, pouring out a molten, resinous glow that clings like hot honey.
AmberBalsamicSweetWoody3.8 / 5· 167Yves Saint Laurent
Opium Yves Saint Laurent 1977 Eau de Toilette
1977Opium opens with a spice rack shaken loose by jasmine and plum — clove and pepper rush forward, bergamot lending a citrus scaffolding, the whole opening both declarative and deliberately exotic.
ChocolateAmberSoft SpicyBalsamic4.3 / 5· 163By Terry
Parti Pris
2012Parti Pris opens with tuberose in full force — creamy, indolic, and slightly waxy.
TuberoseWhite FloralFloralSweet3.7 / 5· 149O Boticário
Egeo Provoque
2015Egeo Provoque strips back to a near-minimal architecture: narcissus, saffron, amber, and tolu balsam.
AmberLeather4.3 / 5· 138nebiru-parfvms
Alma de Cuba
20264.1 / 5· 118nebiru-parfvms
Subliminal
20264.5 / 5· 61nebiru-parfvms
Devine Dominion
20254.1 / 5· 37Dame Perfumery Scottsdale
Rugir de Gardenia
Not yet ratedHexennacht
Venus in Furs
Not yet ratedSharini Parfums Naturels
Lotus, Néroli et Plumeria
Not yet ratedaptuum
Forbidden Feast
2025Not yet ratedYanFrolov
Marrakech
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