• Classic mossy base note with forest-floor depth and woody green texture
• Used in chypre, Fougere, oriental, leather, and vintage perfume styles
• Offers long-lasting fixative effect and anchors volatile top notes
• Excellent for attars, oil perfumes, incense pastes, and solid perfumes
• Adds emotional grounding and vintage elegance to compositions

Oakmoss Essential Oil is a rich, grounding natural material extracted from Evernia prunastri, a lichen that grows on oak trees. Its scent is deeply earthy, mossy, and slightly leathery, with nuances of wet forest floor, woods, and vintage green chypres. It’s an iconic base note that adds depth, mystery, and exceptional fixative power to chypres, fougères, oriental woods, and masculine fragrances.

In natural perfumery and traditional attars, Oakmoss is valued for its fixative properties, emotional grounding, and complex woody-green richness.

INCI Name: Oakmoss Oil

Botanical Name: Evernia prunastri

CAS Number: 90028-68-5

Extraction Method: Solvent-extracted absolute or steam-distilled

Appearance: Thick green-brown liquid or semi-solid

Odor Description: Earthy, mossy, leathery, forest-like, damp wood

Solubility: Soluble in alcohol, DPG; partially in fixed oils

Recommended Usage Level: 0.1%–4% in perfume concentrate

Category: Mossy-Woody Fixative – Base Note – Perfumery Use

Use 0.2–2.5% in base accords to create natural moss depth, vintage chypre profiles, or to stabilize lighter top notes.

💡 For vintage mossy depth 🌳🍃, use 0.2–2.5% Oakmoss Essential Oil in your attars, solids, or alcohol-based perfumes.

🌲 Combine with patchouli, vetiver, and rose for traditional chypres.

🧴 Use in masculine fougères, incense blends, or forest-themed perfumes.

🌫️ Perfect to anchor citrus, aldehydes, or sharp florals with woody warmth.

🔄 Slightly warm before blending—thick consistency may need dilution in DPG.

⚠️ Very strong and tenacious—use sparingly to avoid dominating delicate compositions.

Q1: What does Oakmoss smell like?

It smells like wet moss, forest soil, and old wood, with leathery green depth—mysterious and grounding.

Q2: Is it a natural or synthetic ingredient?

It is a 100% natural extract from the lichen Evernia prunastri, used in traditional and fine perfumery.

Q3: Can it be used in oil-based perfumes or attars?

Yes! Oakmoss is great in roll-ons, incense oils, attars, and solid perfumes, though it may require warming or dilution.

Q4: What styles of perfumes benefit from Oakmoss?

Best for chypres, fougères, orientals, leather perfumes, and vintage-style naturals.

Q5: What does it blend well with?

Blends beautifully with patchouli, vetiver, labdanum, rose, sandalwood, benzoin, orris, and aldehydes.