Peat

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Peat smells of damp, smoky earth — like a bonfire on a bog: tarry and medicinal with mossy, humic depth and a faint sweet, iodine-tinged minerality. In perfumery it is used as a base note and accent to add rugged, smoky depth and persistence, typically paired with woods, leathers, resins and aromatics to create earthy, maritime or smoke-driven accords, and is employed sparingly to avoid overpowering a composition.

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