Camphor
The camphor accord is cooling and medicinal, like eucalyptus or vapour rub.
In 7 of 1747 fragrances here, most often worn in summer
What it is
Camphor, eucalyptus and rosemary at high dose. The same materials used in chest rubs, which is where most people first met them.
What it smells like
Cooling and medicinal, with a rush at the back of the nose. It carries an unavoidable association with illness and remedy, so it is usually deployed as a brief shock in the opening rather than as a theme.
How strongly it is worn
The average strength this accord is listed at, where 100 means it dominates the fragrance.
54 / 100
What builds it
How much more often than the catalogue average. 1.0x would be chance, so these are the things that genuinely travel with it rather than the things that are simply common.
Accords it sits beside
Same measure, with its own family filtered out. Saying woody turns up with oud is a restatement, not a finding.
When it is worn
Against the average fragrance here. The line marks that average, so a bar past it means this is worn in that season or setting more than most.
Houses that use it most
Counted across the fragrances here, which reflects what we cover as much as what a house makes.
Xerjoff (2), Bvlgari (1), Calvin Klein (1), Guerlain (1), Paco Rabanne (1), Parfums de Marly (1).
The description above is written here. The counts, pairings and seasons are measured across every fragrance on this site that lists it. We have not smelled every bottle behind those numbers.
The most camphor fragrances here
Ranked by how strongly the catalogue lists this accord, not by how popular the bottle is.
Xerjoff
Xerjoff Casamorati La Tosca
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Parfums de Marly
Ispazon for men
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