Arbutus (Madrona, Bearberry Tree)

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Arbutus (Madrona, bearberry tree) smells of warm, resinous wood with a honeyed, slightly sweet-fruited top and a green-leathery, mildly astringent undertone—evoking sun-warmed bark, faintly fermenting berries and a whisper of balsamic smoke. In perfumery it is used sparingly as a heart-to-base modifier to add naturalistic green-woody depth, rounded fruitiness and subtle resinous warmth to chypres, leathery blends and Mediterranean or amber accords, helping evoke coastal forests and sunlit groves.

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