Plum in Cognac 2020

Plum in Cognac by Scents of Wood
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8.4 / 10 211 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

PlumPlum Rum absoluteRum absolute CinnamonCinnamon Peru balsamPeru balsam CistusCistus VanillaVanilla Haitian vetiverHaitian vetiver Immortelle absoluteImmortelle absolute OsmanthusOsmanthus

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
8.4211 Ratings
Longevity
8.0180 Ratings
Sillage
7.5174 Ratings
Bottle
8.6158 Ratings
Value for money
6.8110 Ratings
Submitted by Psotka, last update on 06/28/2025.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance won the "Perfume Extraordinaire 2021" award, presented by The Fragrance Foundation.

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Reviews

9 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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9.5
Scent
RisingChaos

109 Reviews
RisingChaos
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.
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9
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9.5
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Belletrist

31 Reviews
Belletrist
Belletrist
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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.
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Landshark321

708 Reviews
Landshark321
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
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7.5
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DogiCoco

621 Reviews
DogiCoco
DogiCoco
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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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Omnipotato

276 Reviews
Omnipotato
Omnipotato
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Slightly sweet dusty woods
Plum in Cognac has two words in its name that conjure up olfactory images: plum, which is juicy and sweet yet a bit sour and tart; cognac, heady and smooth with a slightly sweet and bitter grape note. This fragrance doesn't really have either of these two scent profiles. Any sweet fruitiness is distant and very tame. It does have a booziness but not really that of cognac.

So what does it actually smell like? Of course, I know that the "cognac" in the name doesn't actually refer to a note in the fragrance but the type of barrel that the fragrance was aged in - this is Scents of Wood's whole shtick. To me, this fragrance is dusty and woody with some hints of sweetness and booziness, kind of the smell I'd actually imagine being in an old distillery where they are aging some kind of spirit in vintage casks. Unfortunately the drydown is a bit boring with some slightly-sweetened vetiver. Overall, a good scent but nothing extraordinary.
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RisingChaosRisingChaos 2 years ago
6
Sillage
7
Longevity
9.5
Scent
Warm, resinous peru balsam mixed w/ freshly muddled plums, a splash of rum, plus a healthy cinnamon dusting. Thick & syrupy, well balanced.
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BertolucciKBertolucciK 4 years ago
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7
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8
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8.5
Scent
In the opening, a juicy plum with rum. The scent is slightly smoky and spiced with cinnamon. Woody, a hint of leather and a sweet vanilla.
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BoBoChampBoBoChamp 3 years ago
9
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7
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9
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8.5
Scent
Initially juicy and boozy fruity-sweet, a gently smoky and dry, oriental spicy-woody Fall fragrance, on a warm and sweet leathery-woody base
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NinamariahNinamariah 12 months ago
7
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9
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8.5
Scent
Mellow ripe Plum, like a dark jam flavored with a hint of rich cognac. So special perfect blend but needs a special occasion to wear it.
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Vec2tVec2t 1 year ago
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Ripe plum laid on deep, rich woods in a smoked whiskey glass and garnished with cinnamon dust. Beautiful, mature & sophisticated.
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HerakObamaHerakObama 1 year ago
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7
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8.5
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Rich, woody, boozy, and a tad smoky, this fragrance flies way below the "influencer" radar and needs more love. 8.5/10.
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PerfumeBorePerfumeBore 2 years ago
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8
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8
Scent
Very cozy smell; strong plum wine aged in a wooden barrel, mulled with spices. Not too sweet.
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HolscentbarHolscentbar 2 years ago
7
Scent
sweet and boozy. lots of vanilla and medium dustiness with darker spicy aspects. Unisex
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FrnzwoFrnzwo 2 years ago
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6
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Very heavy, fruity gourmand fragrance. If you like the sweet richness of Angels Share, Mango Skin or Sunshine Woman, you'll like this.
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