Pamplewood

Bitter grapefruit zest over dry, pale wood. The citrus and wood are fused rather than layered -- they arrive together and evolve together. Fresher than standard cedarwood, more persistent than grapefruit oil, with a specific pithy-bitter quality that reads as grapefruit rind pressed against a cedar plank.

Pamplewood is a proprietary synthetic ingredient combining grapefruit (pamplemousse) character with a woody base -- a citrus-wood hybrid molecule designed to bridge two families that traditionally sit at opposite ends of the fragrance pyramid. The citrus top and woody base are contained in a single material.

The molecule provides a bitter-citrus freshness (grapefruit pith, nootkatone-adjacent) that transitions smoothly into a dry, pale-wood character (cedarwood-adjacent). This dual personality allows it to function across the full pyramid: citrus impact on application, woody persistence in the dry-down.

Functionally, Pamplewood works as a top-to-base bridge note. It solves the classic problem of citrus volatility by anchoring grapefruit character to a woody skeleton with better tenacity. Works in fresh-woody, citrus-chypre, and modern unisex compositions.

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

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