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What is Woody?
Cedar, iso-woods and dry timber — the architecture under most modern bottles.
EDP vs EDT — what changes?
Concentration is oil in alcohol, not a quality score. EDT (about 5–15%) shows more top; EDP (about 15–20%) shows more heart and base. Houses vary; this is not a lab assay.
How should I wear Woody?
One or two sprays on skin or cloth — sternum or hair, not a cloud in a lift. Let it turn an hour before you add more.
Which season fits?
Day to night, all year. Very dry skin can read woods as sawdust.
Does skin chemistry change it?
Yes. Warm, moist skin amplifies sweet and spice; dry or cool skin can turn the same juice woody, soapy or short. Test on your skin, not only a blotter.
What about IFRA and oakmoss?
IFRA sets industry limits on some naturals and synthetics. A reformulation is usually a legal edit, not a betrayal. This atlas is not a safety sheet.
Wear Woody on skin first; cloth and heat rewrite the pyramid.
One spray at the sternum, then wait — sillage is not a contest.
Seasons
- Autumn — Native wood weather.
- Winter — Haze and extraits.
- Spring — Pepper-cedar.
- Summer — Terre-type mineral; heavy sandal sweats.
Occasions
- Daily uniform — Terre and Iso E.
- Office — Haze over oud.
- Evening — Temple woods and Bois des Îles.
- Workshop — Honest pencil cedar.
Tips
- Iso E test on a friend — The wearer may be anosmic.
- Pencil vs atlas — Smell both neat.
- Don’t stack three woods — Sandal + cedar + oud is a different atlas page.
- Pepper lift, not fruit salad — Keeps the family.
- Coat spray — Woods love wool.
- If it is sweet amber — You have left for oriental.
Pairings
- Orange peel — Terre logic.
- Black tea — Dry wood.
- Wool and cedar closets — Literal rhyme.
- Incense unlit — Temple pairing.
dayparts
- Morning — Light dose on skin; heat and soap rewrite the top.
- Afternoon — Reapply only if the heart still reads — cloth holds more than skin.
- Evening — One spray at the sternum; sillage is not a contest.
- Night — Skip heavy layering; sleep and residual soap matter more than a third spray.
If Woody dies at hour three, the heart was never built.
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