Mossy is the green-grey hush of stone walls — oakmoss, lichen, the carpet of an old chypre. Once banned in much of perfumery for skin sensitivity, real oakmoss is now mostly absent; what we smell instead is a faithful synthetic reconstruction, the memory of moss preserved. There is melancholy in mossy fragrances, a sense of damp Northern Europe, of monasteries and library shelves. Wear it when you want the kind of beauty that admits to being old, when you want a fragrance that smells faintly of being a person who reads, who keeps things, who remembers.
The notes that build this accord
Ingredients that perfumers reach for when composing Mossy.
Woody
Green
Fragrances that wear this accord
From the most prominent to the most subtle.
Closely related
Other accords in the Woody family.