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Plum in Cognac Scents of Wood 2020

8.4 / 10 235 Ratings

A popular perfume by Scents of Wood for women and men, released in 2020. The scent is sweet-spicy. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet

Spicy

Fruity

Woody

Gourmand

Fragrance Notes

Plum

Peru balsam

Rum absolute

Cinnamon

Cistus

Haitian vetiver Vanilla

Vanilla

Immortelle absolute

Osmanthus

Perfumer

Pascal Gaurin

Ratings

Scent

8.4235 Ratings

Longevity

8.0200 Ratings

Sillage

7.5194 Ratings

Bottle

8.6177 Ratings

Value for money

6.8129 Ratings

Submitted by Psotka, last update on 10/24/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance won the "Perfume Extraordinaire 2021" award, presented by The Fragrance Foundation.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Al Jawhara

Plum in Cognac Vintage 24

Tobacco & Tonka Bean

Arabesque

Spicebomb

Oajan

Reviews

11 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/19/2023

9.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

RisingChaos
110 Reviews

RisingChaos

Helpful Review 4

Well balanced plum gourmand

Warm, resinous peru balsam mixed with freshly muddled plums, a splash of rum, and a healthy dusting of cinnamon. The osmanthus gives it a floral touch, the base a very dry, brushy woods. Thick and syrupy with a nice balance of sweetness, astringency, and spice. Sadly, the drydown is mostly just woods with a touch of remaining warm spice as the plums and rum fade away. Moderate projection for 2-3hr, longevity 8-10hr.

I get Herod's tobacco note quite strongly, so they smell nothing alike to me. The plum makes it dissimilar to Angels' Share beyond both being boozy cinnamon scents at their core. Yes, the juice is a very deep purple that stained the heck out of my shirt collar just rubbing on the back of my neck.

08/22/2023

9.5Scent 9Longevity 6Sillage

Belletrist
31 Reviews

Belletrist

2

Spiced Woody Plum

The opening of this fragrance is a bit rough on my skin with a lot of discordant sharp edges until everything settles down but once it settles it's a stunning cinnamon plum with soaring osmanthus/vetiver and woody vanillic base. It really is so pretty.

On me, it wore somewhat close to the skin but I can tell it will have nearly eternal longevity, comparatively.

I don't think it couldn't be worn in the warmer months but I think it would really shine in the fall and winter. I disagree with the consensus and think that it leans femme, but do think it's easily unisex.

Sprayed from the tester at Ministry of Scent in SF on a 75F day. Worn about 10hrs at time of writing.

08/19/2025

4.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Smirky
483 Reviews

Smirky

2

Plum in Cognac & Plum in Cognac Vintage 24 joint review

This is a joint review of Plum in Cognac and Plum in Cognac Vintage 24.

Plum in Cognac opens with a strong boozy scent that quickly diminishes and blends with a fruity accord which is presumably the plum and perhaps a touch of the osmanthus. It dries down into a somewhat generic fruity accord with little to no rum and a distinct synthetic accord which I did not find pleasant. Performance was average all around.

Plum in Cognac Vintage 24 opens less boozy and more fruity compared to Plum in Cognac. As it dries down, you get more of the creamy goodness with a touch of the vanilla and cinnamon and a slightly sharp, woody hint. Comparing the two, Vintage is the more balanced and overall better fragrance. Performance of Vintage is also significantly better than Plum in Cognac. I got a good 12 hours of longevity with quite strong projection for the first couple of hours.

Trying to think of a place for Vintage 24 in my collection, I'm dissuaded. If I were to categorize it, Vintage 24 is the sort of sweet, creamy scent that brings to mind Tony Iommi Monkey Special, Pasha Noir Absolu and even very slightly Boss Bottled Absolu. Monkey Special is superior to Vintage 24 IMO and since I already have it, there's really no room for Vintage 24.

06/29/2023

8Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Landshark321
743 Reviews

Landshark321

3

Boozy, sweet, spicy plum, very well done

Scents of Wood Plum in Cognac is overwhelmingly the house’s highest-selling and best-known scent, an aptly-named boozy mix featuring plum. It’s plentifully sweet, spicy, boozy, dark, and deep, a fulfilling, rich experience for those like me that enjoy this class of gourmand-like fragrances featuring inspirations from liquor, liqueur, and wine. It does not fully feel like a fitting flagship fragrance for the line because it’s sweeter and boozier and less centered on wood notes, but it’s dazzling enough that it’s appeal is obvious, emblematic of the rise of the plum note in perfumery the past decade, and how lovely it fits in with fragrances inspired by alcoholic beverages. It’s slightly reminiscent of Rania J Ambre Loup, which has a similarly sweet and spicy cinnamon/resin note, but pivoted toward the feature plum note.

Like most of the line, Plum in Cognac is priced at $240/38 for 75/10ml, sold at great boutiques like Perfumology, and it performs very well, being anchored in resins and other long-lasting accords.

8 out of 10

11/02/2024

7.5Scent

DogiCoco
637 Reviews

DogiCoco

1

A plum for cold nights

Now this perfume lives up to its name.
It starts very boozy. The plum is noticeable immediately and continues to be the star of the show over the whole duration of the scent, but in the opening, the rum and cognac notes are on par with it. Actually I'm not 100% sure if I smell the listed rum or the titular cognac, I THINK it's more of the latter, but I'm really not a connoisseur of either, so I could be wrong. What I know is that this is a dry, transparent booze note, not a thick liquer-ish one, with untertones of the wooden barrel I imagine it has been stored in.

The opening is not quite to my taste, as I prefer sweeter scents, but in the drydown this turns into something truly blissful. There is still some booze lingering on the plums, but the peru balsam and cinnamon come out more and make the scent very warming and cozy. There is just enough vanilla in this to create a beautiful amber accord with the cistus (labdanum), but not even a little more, so it's not overtly gourmand.
I can't smell the immortelle note at all, which is fine with me.

To me this is is perfectly suited to rainy, grey autumn days and nights, Christmas markets, date nights in winter... Basically any occasion where you want to smell warm with a little mysterious twist. I have to substract a few points from my rating because the opening doesn't quite do it for me, but this is definitely a beautiful scent all in all.

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