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Copal Cologne

7.9 / 10 18 Ratings
A popular perfume by Organic Perfume Girl for men. The release year is unknown. The scent is woody-smoky. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Woody
Smoky
Resinous
Spicy
Earthy

Fragrance Notes

Copal resinCopal resin CedarwoodCedarwood

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Scent
7.918 Ratings
Longevity
7.115 Ratings
Sillage
6.515 Ratings
Bottle
7.89 Ratings
Submitted by Dorabella · last update on 09/26/2025.
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BeJot

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Helpful Review 18  
From Challenge to Security
With no other fragrance do I feel such a strong need to describe it, yet I simultaneously hesitate because I find it incredibly difficult to find the right words.
It consists of only two notes: copal resin and cedarwood. But each time I experience the scent differently, revealing other facets, evoking different associations within me. And almost every time, these are contradictory feelings. At first, it challenges me in various ways, only to then grant me inner calm and peace that carry me through the day. It is a truly special gem. A treasure for my soul.

Some of my associations:

The axe strikes a deep wound into the trunk of the old cedar.
Dry clouds of incense scream upwards from it.

Bitter challenge, before the inner mirror:
Look closely! Then I will give you back your strength!

Memory of incense reminiscent of Gregorian chant,
Transporting the soul into melodic vibrations.

Resinous bright incense in the flowing garment of liturgical dance,
Expression of spiritual attitude.

Pale yellow pearls, soft sadness,
Dark wood, deep comfort.

Great longing,
Greatest security.

Addendum: I find the Solid similar, although it starts with a typical Solid vibe, which I do not like as much. After about half an hour, the two variants no longer differ in my perception. The bottle is no longer produced. The Solid has only been available recently.

A heartfelt thank you to Floyd and Can for the samples!
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Floyd

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Top Review 51  
Tulu'um, Yucatán, 1450
With the temple of the wind god at his back, Chichan turned his eyes to the east, where the sun was now rising, and murmured 'Ki'in' over the ocean. A good day for an initiation. The resins of the sacred Copalquahuitl, tied into three small bundles, pressed from the sacred tree of life, had been given to him by the earth goddess. Proudly, Chichan bit his lips. It already smelled a bit like rubber and sun-baked pine needles. This summer was warm in Yucatán.
Chichan rubbed wood shavings in his hands, driving the tips into cedar bark, which was brittle, mulchy, and dry, soon smoking tiny clouds. The little Indian closed his eyes. Beneath the rubber, the pine needles, the veils over the gnarled cedars, amber shimmered in all colors, bright stars of the Hesperides, bitter spicy drops of incense, dark pearls of warm balm in the inner earthy ground. The gods were indeed present.
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Dawn Stewart from Huntington Beach in California creates the scents for her label 'Organic Perfume Girl' from handmade tinctures of plants, flowers, and herbs, which she combines with high-quality essential oils, resins, and/or concretes, all wild-harvested or organically grown. All packaging in which she ships her fragrances are hand-stickered recycled materials, such as old matchboxes for the testers.
"Copal" combines various tree resins used to obtain copal with a smoky cedarwood tincture to replicate the scent of the copal tree, the sacred tree of the Maya, whose resin was burned in ceremonies and symbolizes the presence of the divine. The fragrance begins with the characteristic rubbery note typical of this type of incense, along with dark resins reminiscent of dried conifer needles, underlaid by brittle, mulchy, and slightly smoky cedar bark. Over time, different facets of the resins emerge, sometimes citrusy fresh, sometimes spicy or darkly balsamic, adding more and more depth to the scent as the woody notes become earthier. A spiritual and meditative, very primal incense fragrance with moderate to skin-close projection lasting about six hours.
Updated on 06/08/2022
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Citrusy-etheric
Thoughts of furniture polish or is that resin dripping like rubber from trees
Memory of leather
Spicy
Almost cinnamon-like
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in the center of the circle
my skin enveloped by smoky resin
feet on cedar needles
feather hisses through the air
threads cut
free
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In the heart of Maya beats a heart. Full of resinous silence, green-spicy divinity, and earthy-smoky peace. Quiet, soft, eternal..!
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Characteristic copal resin scent somewhere between pine resin, incense, and lemon with woody accents: enlightening, clarifying, free.
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Dark green kaleidoscope of resins, citrusy, resinous, smoky, woody, feels exotic, mysterious, liberating, calming.
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Wrapped in Harz smoke
At the trunk of the sacred cedar
Warm light shines
The people of the Earth Goddess dance, swaying in devotion
In deep peace
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I almost knew that this would be too little for me. Pale, slightly citrusy woodiness. Reminds me a bit of the smell of laundry from ...
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