Is Dreamwood natural or synthetic?

. Extraction: Fully synthetic — proprietary molecule. No natural source..

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Dreamwood

WOODS AND MOSSES / woody · creamy · warm

Dreamwood

Category	WOODS AND MOSSES
Subcategory	woody · creamy · warm
Origin
Volatility	Base Note
Botanical	N/A — produced via white biotechnology (a Swiss fragrance house); bio-santalol from sugar fermentation
Odor Strength	Medium
Producing Countries	Switzerland (a major aroma-chemical supplier — proprietary captive base)
Pyramid	Base

Soft, creamy, sandalwood-adjacent synthetic. Dreamwood is designed for the territory between sandalwood's cream and cedar's dryness — a gentle, adaptable woody base.

Scent
The Full Story
Fun Fact
Extraction & Chemistry
In Perfumery

Scent

Soft, gently creamy, mildly woody. Between sandalwood's milkiness and cedar's dryness — a neutral woody warmth that doesn't assert itself. Like a pale wooden surface worn smooth by years of handling — warm, clean, faintly sweet, completely unobtrusive.

Evolution over time

Immediately

Soft woody warmth, gently creamy, clean

After a few hours

Warmer, more pronounced woody base, gentle

After a few days

Persistent quiet woody warmth

The Full Story

Dreamwood is a proprietary synthetic woody molecule designed to provide a soft, adaptable woody base note. It occupies the territory between sandalwood (creamy, milky) and cedar (dry, pencil-like), offering a balanced, gentle woodiness suitable for a wide range of compositions.

Like many modern woody synthetics, Dreamwood is designed for versatility — working across masculine, feminine, and unisex compositions without imposing a strongly gendered character. The molecule provides warmth, depth, and persistence without assertiveness.

The naming convention — 'Dream' prefixed to 'wood' — signals the molecule's intended character: ethereal, soft, an idealized version of woodiness rather than any specific timber. This is characteristic of contemporary fragrance molecule naming, which increasingly references emotional or sensory qualities.

In formulati on, Dreamwood functions as a clean, adaptable woody base note.

This note in Première Peau. Nuit Elastique · Albâtre Sépia. Sample all seven extraits in the Discovery Set.

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Related: Almond Tree · Ambrox Super · Amburana Wood · Amyris · Blonde Woods · Caoutchouc · Cashalox · Cashmir Wood

Did You Know?

Did you know?

The perfumery industry creates approximately 10-15 new synthetic woody molecules per year, most of which never achieve commercial significance. The few that succeed — like Iso E Super, Clearwood, or Javanol — can appear in hundreds of commercial fragrances within a decade of launch.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method: Fully synthetic — proprietary molecule. No natural source.

Molecular Formula	C₁₅H₂₄O (santalol — main component)
CAS Number	11031-45-1 (santalol)
Botanical Name	N/A — produced via white biotechnology (a Swiss fragrance house); bio-santalol from sugar fermentation
IFRA Status	No known restrictions
Physical Properties
Odor Strength	Medium

In Perfumery

Dreamwood is a synthetic woody base note providing soft, adaptable woodiness. Functions across all compositi on types — not strongly gendered. Provides warmth and depth without dominance. Part of the growing family of 'adaptable woody bases' alongside Clearwood, Iso E Super fractions, and similar materials.