Holysm

Notes

Top notes

• Cade A smoky, tarry wood note with a leathery, birch-tar-like bite.
• Clary Sage Herbal, honeyed and faintly ambery, softer than common sage.
• Fir Resin Cold, piney and resinous, like a walk through a conifer wood.
• Thyme Warm, dry herb with a peppery, slightly medicinal bite.

Heart notes

• Caraway Dry, slightly anise-like spice with a green, bready warmth.
• Cedar Dry, pencil-shaving wood, clean and slightly smoky.
• Labdanum Sticky, golden, leathery-ambery resin with a warm, animal-like sweetness.
• Tobacco Leaf Sweet, dry, honeyed leaf with a warm, hay-like smoke.

Base notes

• Patchouli Earthy, damp and chocolatey, dark leaf with a camphor edge.
• Sandalwood Creamy, milky and softly sweet wood, smooth as polished timber.
• Oud Dark, resinous, smoky and slightly medicinal wood, with a rich, leathery depth.

Smells like Holysm

1. Tobacco Rush Afnan
   56% similar, shares tobacco leaf, oud and cedar
2. Bois Noir Robert Piguet
   54% similar, shares labdanum, sandalwood and cedar
3. Wonderwood Comme des Garçons
   53% similar, shares caraway, oud and sandalwood
4. Fars Xerjoff
   52% similar, shares cade, oud and sandalwood
5. Sweetie Aoud Roja Parfums
   52% similar, shares labdanum, oud and cedar
6. Oud Immortel Byredo
   52% similar, shares tobacco leaf, oud and patchouli
7. Boss Bottled Elixir Hugo Boss
   51% similar, shares labdanum, cedar and patchouli
8. Oud Ispahan Dior
   51% similar, shares labdanum, oud and sandalwood
9. Interlude Black Iris Amouage
   48% similar, shares labdanum, oud and sandalwood
10. Replica Autumn Vibes Maison Margiela
    48% similar, shares fir resin, labdanum and cedar
11. Ormonde Man Ormonde Jayne
    48% similar, shares oud, sandalwood and cedar
12. Armani Privé Ambre Orient Giorgio Armani
    47% similar, shares thyme, labdanum and oud

Alternatives

• Tobacco Rush Afnan