Hazel Wood

Hazel Wood / ヘーゼルウッド

**Note family:** primarily **woody–nutty** with soft gourmand nuances.

**Material type:** most often a **reconstructed accord** based on:

• **Nutty facets** inspired by hazelnut.
• **Woody materials** (e.g., sandalwood, cedar-type bases, amber woods).
• Sweet balsamic or vanilla-type modifiers.

“Hazel Wood” can therefore denote:

• A **conceptual woody note** associated with Corylus avellana wood.
• A **brand-specific accord name** that combines hazelnut-like and woody elements.

It is not documented in technical or botanical sources as a distinct natural extract under that English trade name; instead, it sits at the intersection of hazelnut flavor-type accords and soft woods.

Olfactory character / 香りの特徴

In practice, Hazel Wood is described as:

• **Soft, supple wood** with understated simplicity and gentle warmth.
• **Nutty and woody**, sometimes accompanied by vanilla, amber, or resinous sweetness, creating a cashmere-like smoothness.
• A blend where roasted hazelnut nuances merge with **fine woods** and occasionally honeyed or liquorice-like accents in gourmand-leaning contexts.

Hazelnut notes themselves are characterized as **savory, nutty, with woody and aromatic nuances**. Accord formulas published for hazelnut-type notes employ pyrazines, lactones, vanillin and cocoa materials to recreate roasted nut, creamy sweetness and faint chocolate aspects, often layered over oakwood or other woods to suggest “hazel wood.”

Use in perfumery / 調香上の役割

Perfumers employ Hazel Wood accords to:

• Add **warm, comforting depth** to woody or amber bases, especially in colder-season fragrances.
• Bridge **gourmand and woody families**, linking nutty, chocolate or coffee facets with sandalwood, cedar or amber woods.
• Emphasize the **green, vegetal side** of iris or florals by pairing hazel facets with violet leaf and cashmeran, amplifying rooty and earthy aspects.

Hazel Wood is typically placed in the **heart or base** of a fragrance, where its subtle nutty-woody texture can support more prominent notes like vetiver, amber, vanilla or florals. Because it is usually an accord rather than a single raw material, its exact composition varies by house; common building blocks include pyrazine-rich molecules for roasted nuttiness, lactones for creaminess, vanillin/ethyl vanillin for sweetness, woody CO₂ extracts or bases, and musky-amber woods for volume.

ヘーゼルウッドは、香水において主に**ヘーゼルナッツの木部や殻を思わせる香りのイメージ**を指すノートであり、特定の単一原料というよりも、ナッティさとウッディさを組み合わせた**再構築アコード**として扱われることが多い。　天然のヘーゼルナッツ（Corylus avellana）は、セイボリーなナッツ香とウッディでアロマティックなニュアンスをもつノートとして分類されるが、「ヘーゼルウッド」という名称の単独エッセンスやアブソリュートは、技術資料や植物学的文献には一般的に確認されない。　実際の処方では、焙煎ナッツを連想させるピラジン系、クリーミーさを与えるラクトン類、バニリン系、そしてサンダルウッドやアンバーウッドなどの基材を組み合わせることで、柔らかく温かい木質感とほのかなグルマン性を表現する。