Camphor
Used in 8 formulas
About this material
Camphor Crystals hit the nose with an immediate sharp, cooling blast — clean, dry, and purely camphoraceous. A herbal-minty quality underneath connects it to rosemary and lavender. This is a trigeminal material: you feel it in your sinuses as much as you smell it. Use camphor in traces to add sharp freshness and clarity to aromatic and fougère compositions. It cuts through heavy materials like patchouli and myrrh, bringing air and definition. In lavender accords, a touch reinforces the natural camphoraceous facet that's already present in good lavender oils. Pair camphor with eucalyptus and rosemary for medicinal-aromatic effects, or with bright citrus for a clean, bracing opening. Small dos… — Fraterworks
Usage in formulas
The 481st most used material of 1414 in the catalogue, present in 8 of 806 formulas. A signature material: whoever uses it means to.
Where it actually lives
The share of each family's formulas that contain it. Not how often it appears, but how indispensable it is inside that family.
- Aromatic Spicyin 14% of 7 formulas
- Aromaticin 5% of 20 formulas
- Woodyin 3% of 33 formulas
- Aromatic Fougèrein 3% of 29 formulas
- Floralin 2% of 50 formulas
