Collection: Oak Perfumes

Oak in perfume smells dry, sturdy and woody, like a cut plank or an old barrel. The collection holds 350+ perfumes that list oak or oak wood as a note; prices start around $10 and reach about $675.

How Oak Is Used

Oak is the hardwood used for furniture and for the casks that age wine and whisky, so an oak note can read as plain dry timber or as a hint of a cellar. Perfumers build it from woody materials. It is different from oakmoss, a lichen with a green, mossy scent that has its own page.

Among the perfumes people discuss in the communities Scendira tracks, Thomas de Monaco Raw Gold and Parfum d'Empire Salute each list oak. Both list oak in the base, Raw Gold beside honey, patchouli and cigar and Salute beside musk and oakmoss.

Suits: People who like dry, woody, cellar-like scents. Skip if: a dry, plank-like woodiness feels austere on you.

Oak sits inside the woody perfumes family, and oakmoss perfumes or cedarwood perfumes are close relatives.