Scent Almanac
Bamboo
Light, clean and watery-green with soft woody and sometimes floral or citrus facets. It varies a lot from supplier to supplier.
- Made from
- A blended fragrance oil. Bamboo has no commercial essential oil, so the scent is an invented fresh, watery-green accord.
- Strength
- ●●○○○ soft — use generously
- Cost
- Budget
- Moods
- CalmingCleanRefreshing
- Seasons
- Spring, Summer
- Rooms
- Bathroom, Bedroom, Office
No special cautions at normal use; follow your supplier's usage limits.
How it behaves
CandlesGood
Usually a soft thrower. Blend it with lemongrass or lime for a spa candle with more presence.
Wax meltsGood
Reed diffuserGreat
Room & linen sprayGreat
Electric (water) diffuserAvoid
Cold-process soapGood
Melt-and-pour soapGreat
Laundry & cleaningGood
Pairs well with
Green Tea
Top · Green
Fragrance oil
White Tea
Top · Fresh & clean
Fragrance oil
Cucumber
Top · Green
Fragrance oil
Lemongrass
Middle · Citrus
Essential oil
Lime
Top · Citrus
Essential oil
Sea Salt
Top · Fresh & clean
Fragrance oil
Atlas Cedarwood
Base · Woody
Essential oil
Jasmine
Middle · Floral
Absolute / CO2
Hinoki
Base · Woody
Essential oil
Don't have it? Try Green Tea, White Tea.
In these blends
Spa Day
White towels, cucumber water and bamboo — the calm of a day spa.
Bamboo · Sandalwood · White Tea · Lavender · Cucumber · Eucalyptus
CalmingCleanRefreshingSpringSummer
Green Tea & Lemongrass
A bamboo-screened tea room with a pot of green tea just poured.
Green Tea · Lemongrass · Bamboo · Hinoki · Lime · Ginger
FocusingRefreshingSpringSummer
Watermelon Cooler
A cold slice of watermelon and cucumber water on the hottest day of summer.
Freesia · Watermelon · Bamboo · Virginian Cedarwood · Cucumber
RefreshingUpliftingSummer
A little lore
Some bamboo species can grow nearly a meter in a single day, making bamboo one of the fastest-growing plants on Earth.