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floobbils – :
This is absolutely gorgeous. Fresh lumber and slightly roasted caramel logs. Think about MM by the Fireplace but Woodcut is rustic raw, not as “combed” in a good way. Cozy and comfortable yet sexy and abstract. Woody notes calm down halfway and smoky caramel becomes dominant with cedar in background. Definitely is a must try for someone who likes smoky perfume notes, especially considering affordability.
pvid – :
Exactly what the name implies. This is like selecting a piece of wood from a lumberyard and extracting the smell from the saw blade as it cuts into the wood. Incredibly powerful too – my bottle will last for a very long time. Probably one of the most evocative and true-to-life fragrances I’ve ever smelt.
Can’t wait to introduce this to my dad and brother-in-law who are both woodworkers. They’ll flip over this 😉
kks532speagoessenda – :
Most of my winter jackets/vests perminetly smell like this for a reason. I even had this on my door jam and every single person who walked through my front door always said, wow it smells good in here what is that, guy or girl, young or old. In my top ten!
uwb452Unlogrere – :
This was, at first, my fav of the many fragrances I tried at Tigerlily in SF: the fresh smell of cut wood is realistic and just beautiful. It’s not “woody” as in many dry downs, but bright, sweet, and fresh. But then at home, the fragrance reminded me vividly of a table saw–its jagged circular blade, its high whine–which is not good! If you are trying to catch the eye of a handsome carpenter or shop teacher, this might be the ticket. I think it smells really wonderful but I just can’t erase the associations.
mirk444 – :
I have all the perfumes from the Art and Olfaction Awards and this is one of them -definitely the masterpiece.
This scent returns me in my childhood than I worked with wood in my school. This exactly smells of fresh cut wood. I am not sure how sexy is it but it definitely cozy, comfortable and play with my memory. Must have for the niche collectors and people who like unusual scents.
NicArcarius – :
Very unique fragrance. I am looking for a scent for hiking and skiing in the mountains. These notes are on point for that. Smells just like it says, fresh cut wood. Nice and sweet and complex on paper. But on me the dry down is too sawdusty. Not for me. I like the smell but I myself don’t want to smell like this.
artem8811 – :
Don’t know how I have not yet spoken up for my love of this superb fragrance. I mean truly outstanding. The woods are so real, intense and natural, and the caramel is not really foodie but contributes to the naturally sweet scent of sap. There are so few fragrances that I describe as so real it’s like 3D, but this is one of them.
It smells like you are hiking in the redwoods of Northern California or the Pacific Northwest, and along the trail some loggers have left behind dozens of stumps and tree “scraps”. Woodcut is truly the perfect name.
Dinyindenue – :
This smells precisely like fresh, sappy wood cut on a dull blade (so there’s a little bit of sweet burn): one of the most perfect scents, in my opinion. I find many of the other Olympic Orchids fragrances challenging to wear, but this one, even though it’s very strong, probably wouldn’t bother anyone.
xlg777Bessinepome – :
Caramel and raw wood is a really clever idea for a perfume and there are parts of this that I enjoy very much. Ultimately though, I think this one is better in conception then reality. Part of the problem is my usual difficulty with sweet perfumes. Whether it’s my skin or my nose, aromachemical sweet notes tend to take over compositions on me and here is no exception. And then there’s an issue that I have with the rest of the Olympic Orchids line (except for Arizona/Tucson and Kyphi) and that is they could use more work. Often some aromachemical or another is sticking out and ruining the overall effect.
Luca Turin is always banging on about the importance of art direction and I suspect with a little of that, this could have been a great perfume and not just an interesting idea.
Fachinhinge – :
This opens with freshly milled lumber. . . But there is something odd about these trees. The sap has turned to caramel. There is a sweet smokiness that reminds me of By the Fireside too. As it settles the candy scent gets stronger and I miss the woodiness of the opening, but it is delicious and I can’t stop sniffing.
czd858Diobtetty – :
Opening with strong cedar and pine needles, it then shifts to fresh cut pine and cedar sawdust (I confess I’m not sure what oak smells like). There is a warmth to it, like they’ve been sitting in the sun, and this stage feels like it could be one of those sparse minimalistic Japanese wood incenses. Slowly, the burnt sugar heart warms and sweetens the scent. It’s a fairly simple and linear scent but very evocative. I’m an artist who works with many different mediums and this reminds me of long hours in the wood shop with sawdust swirling like dust motes in the patches of sun from the windows. Most of my perfumes smell better on me when I’m not fresh from the shower – I usually give it about 3 hours after I’m out of the shower before I test new perfumes because then it reacts with my skin chemistry and not just the fresh washed skin. On my skin this scent can have a sort of peanut butter note that I dislike. This peanut note doesn’t show up on freshly showered skin or on clothing, so I wear it that way instead. I love the woody starkness of Tam Dao, but it’s more on the sharp/tangy woody side, and Woodcut is more soft/warm. Good projection, medium/low longevity. Love.
domo – :
Most fragrances in the woody category are like well manicured man-made parks. You get trees in a row all tidy under well-trimmed grass. Very clinical and organized but not very exciting.
This is not one of those.
These woods are the primordial woods from which all others came from. Powerful, dank and a bit scary. This isn’t a single, defined wood note, rather it’s the resinous combination of all woods. Mysterious, intense and beautiful. Good projection that lasts all day. I heavily recommend it.
PashTet20 – :
Sometimes simple is so much better. Never has this been this truer than this beautiful resinous woody composition from then extremely talented Ellen Covey. There are only 4 ingredients in this perfume: pine, cedar, oak and burnt caramel. They are expertly blended to create a warm, comforting and enveloping scent that seems just perfect to wear while nestled by the fire on a snowy day reading your favorite book. Moderate in sillage, long lasting and projecting radiantly, this is a gem that needs to be discovered. Perfect for both genders and highly recommended for lovers of woody and gourmand perfumes. A masterpiece!
pepto66i – :
Initial blast feels like the dry-smokey interior of a cedar wood-paneled sauna, combined with what I’d imagine fresh tobacco leaf to smell like.
Within seconds, this settles nicely into a cozy fireplace in a ski chalet, roasting marshmallows. It’s a very real and literal interpretation — in the same way that Demeter’s “Bonfire” truly smelled like a bonfire. I agree with reviewers who note sawdust. There’s a hamster cage (without the animalic) in this ski chalet.
Dry down has a touch of sweetness, but remains perfectly unisex. After 8 hrs of sleep, I can still smell this on my wrist. Projection & longevity are bonkers — this is my Go-To cold weather scent.
kovalenko2010 – :
This one is excellent, and I can only continue the sentiments as below.
Clean, crisp, cedar cuts through a dry oak, and a very beautiful resinous caramel that is quite prominent but not cloying like so many heavy gourmands – this one isn’t. It has a very slight pine overture thats neither offensive nor intrusive and is somewhat grounding in this fragrance. Its simple, and linear, but beautifully harmonic, and has good sillage and longevity. A beautiful, authentic sugary burnt wood fragrance.
I’m really in love with this – if you haven’t tried this and you are a wood lover then you should at least try and get a sample.
suffering666 – :
Absolutely phenomenal juice. What a talent. Fantastic scent. 10/10.
parabelum – :
Are all you people insane?
This is the most basal wood scent that has ever been dreamed up: an overpowering, offensive top note of wood that becomes a thick, heart note of wood, and dries down decidedly into “church.” There’s no subtlety here, and the whole affair effuses synthetics at every turn.
Suitable for a room-sized nebulizer or deciduous forest, not for human consumption.
Bigser – :
Wow. I really don’t get some of the reviews. This one is easy to describe.
Imagine that there is a wood that smells like, well wood, but also like caramel/chocolate wood. Now, start a fire and burn it but not a roaring fire, just enough to get it to burn and release the wood/caramel/chocolate smell and also the smell of smoke.
That’s Woodcut. If you have any affinity for wood based scents, you owe it to yourself to try it. If more people do, it may just become one of the classics.
asseseTobre – :
Starts off rough for me, as it is reminiscent of a nasty scent from childhood in Pulp Production towns.
Things turn 180 after a few moments and it is a charming and quite perfect reproduction of fresh Pine,Fir sawdust. There is even slight petroleum note that points to 2 Stroke oil. Even the caramel that is present when you cut through a log’s sugar content. Quite masculine in it’s flavour.
I like it!
Almat001kz – :
I’ve tried this one, and my first impression was almost a repulsion. I could sense the dirty soil in its nativity, it literally smelled like overwhelming dirt after the rain. When I remember being at my grandma countryside, and they did not have any asphalt on the road, so when it rains, all the smells, and aromas are up in the air. But this one smells like the earth something was done too. I could not really place it.
I did not like it, when again, I do like and enjoy being around nature.
And there is a description on Elleen website, which I think explains something I could not really place in words.
——- From a website:
Strong lines and delicate tracery combine to tell an archetypal tale of man’s rape of the earth. Woodcut conjures up dark images of ancient trees inhabited by spirits from a time when the earth was new, the flowing sap of felled trees, and the burnt sugar of the trees’ blood when it is heated by the saws of lumbermen and builders. The inspiration for this fragrance came from passing by a building site where old trees had been newly cut for a development and lumber was being sawed for a fence. The scent of cut wood was intoxicatingly beautiful and primitive, like a fleeting glimpse of the invisible essence of life spilled carelessly on the ground and burned as an offering to human greed.
Notes: Fractional distillations of pine and cedar, oakwood absolute, tolu balsam, olibanum, caramel, burnt sugar, vanilla.
Aluccibkich – :
I have been wearing this one again for the first time in a while. Before my purchase a few months ago, I had not tried it for a few years.
This is a stunning woody fragrance with a carmel creamy background. Sort of like a different luxurious version of Sycamore by CHANEL, (which I also love).
Great job Olympic Orchids! Love it.
imiamoy – :
A very good leathery wood. Leans to the masculine side of unisex. I smell cedar and oak as the core of the fragrance, but the whole leaves a sense of burnt tarry caramel that evokes leather. It has a rough charm, like holidays in the deepest forest, roasting marshmallows around a campfire in the dark of night.
maksfaktor30 – :
“Woodcut” does exactly what is says on the tin. A raw chunk of log pile oak, coated in redolent sticky varnish. It’s rough, piney, tarry, smokey and ever-so-slightly sweet.
A pleasant and natural smell, but perhaps a bit too literal for day wear? I might enjoy this more alone, as a ‘before bed’ scent. There’s a coziness too it that makes me think of stoking embers in a wood stove and curling up under a blanket.
It’s the first Olympic Orchids fragrance I’ve tested, but I’m impressed so far.
faust903 – :
It doesn’t remind me of cut wood, but it does remind me of the Northwoods. Manly, smoky, resinous. Wonderful perfume for a guy!
Dichers – :
A true woods fragrance, while still a real perfume, as in being a composition that is much more than a recreation of a particular aromatic experience. For those who love the smell of fresh cut wood, especially cedar. Something I want to have around for immediate connection to the perfumed soul of trees.
libra1986 – :
This fragrance certainly evokes the smell of fresh cut cedar lumber. The wood aspect of this scent is quite lovely and very realistic, however, I find the sweet caramel accord to overpower the wood shortly after the opening and through most of its duration. The base of this fragrance remind me quite a bit of A*Men Pure Wood, sweet caramel, a hint of Cedar and a pleasant oakiness.
Longevity is excellent, sillage very good. It only comes in a 30mL, but you’ll get good mileage from it, at the price point, I consider it an excellent value from an independent niche house. If it wasn’t so sweet, this would be an every day scent for me. I might experiment with layering this with a much drier scent like Bois Marocain.
Panik666 – :
Just received my 5ml sample today, beautifully and unexpectedly presented in a little black box wrapped in black tissue paper. The bottle is black metal and very sturdy. This house has class!
I tentatively sprayed it on, not sure if I was in the mood today for a strong woody fragrance, though I love woods. My first impression was of a cozy, masculine room where many fires have been burned throughout the years in the large fireplace. I think of a ranch house on an open plain in Montana where men gather after a hard day’s work in the wintertime, drinking whiskey and sharing stories. This burned-out-fire effect was not quite what I was expecting from this; not unpleasant at all, but where was the caramel and fresh cut wood?
Wait now; the drydown yields a very light, barely detectable caramel note which is very pleasing. I dislike sugary sweet scents so this is fine with me; here the caramel adds a hint of intrigue to this very smoky composition. I love smoky scents and I love wood. I get mostly cedar and oak; very little pine. Cedar is fast becoming my favorite wood note and it is at its unruly, masculine best here. I love this!
Mumpeenna – :
Mission statement that outleafs the mill politic to become a sassy stardust sawdust that towers starlight over other trees.
колебас – :
1st phase – sawdust. Real sawdust. Amazing, but you wouldn’t want to go out to people on this stage. Let it dry for a few minutes.
2nd phase – caramel and wood. Disturbingly good blend. It suits well my haired, a tad tanned arm – caramel makes it almost edible, while the wood notes keep my lust in check. I have a weird feeling about this, because I had only sample and three tries, from which one smelled just perfect, and two others had a little bit too much wood. Maybe humidity or something?
Anyway, this is the only scent that suited what I saw when I looked at myself. Or at least my arm 😉
sleeplysync – :
Ordered it blind and it did not disappoint. Very natural smell of freshly cut wood. Reminded me of Profumum Roma Arso which is quite pricey. Woodcut is affordable fragrance of impressive quality. Love.
Jasper – :
One of the best & most unique I’ve smelled in a while. Wet, sweet, freshly-cut wood; reminds me of framing a house, or the inside of a sauna. Decent longevity with respectable projection.
vladpes2009 – :
I’d love a sample of this. I worked in a windmill and oddly love the smell of a deep woodsy sawdust. Like to see what this smells like to that end.
Alexxs59 – :
Just saw that Woodcut qualified as a finalist in The Art and Olafaction Artisan Category being judged in four days in Milan. After wearing it all day, I can see why. It is exceptional! The inspiration was freshly cut trees at a construction site and this nails it! Newly cut wood, splinters and sawdust come to mind, picture perfect in a wonderful ultra woody scent. The smell is unmistakable for cut logs. Sillage is great, and it has lasted over 12 hours now. Very resinous, natural and refreshing! What a great outre wood fragrance!
Update; WOODCUT WON!!!! Congratulations Ellen Covey!
den_smirnov – :
Woodcut- The equivalence of bank tellers flirting with you after checking your account.
A wood fragrance that speaks all languages. I would love to see what the general consensus are regarding this fragrance. Woodcut is a conversation worth having. Large percentages of what smells like sawdust comes off as authentic as I’ve ever smelled any wood fragrance. Impressive for its savory power, the pine needle note gives it that perfumey manly touch but the caramel keeps it very much androgynous. Found here is an immediacy quality that makes you wanna spray your skin no matter the season…you have to smell it to understand it. A simple fragrance however, very necessary. Heaven does exist, it’s a wood road to get there….