Cinnamomum camphora, Ocotea usambarensis
NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC, POPULAR AND WEIRD
White crystals that smell like mothballs, this note is used to render a bracing, intensely green and pungent note that cuts through the intense sweetness and decay of some white flowers. Especially infamous in Tubereuse Criminelle by Lutens and Carnal Flower by F.Malle where it balances the tuberose.