Scents of Wood Plum in Cognac Vintage 24 Eau de Parfum

Juicy plum and warm vetiver unfold over a smooth Cognac base, reimagined in a rich, modern blend that’s elegant, seductive, and effortlessly captivating.

Plum in Cognac 2024 is the result of a situation that Scents of Wood did not envision when they came up with the idea of aging their fragrance’s alcohol in wooden barrels. After 3 or 4 cycles of aging alcohol, the barrels get exhausted. That is not an issue for barrels that are purchased new, but for vintage barrels, there is no way to know where, when, and how they were manufactured. Therefore, the aged alcohol from a second barrel has different olfactive characteristics than the original one: vintage barrels produce limited edition fragrances.

Scent of Wood purchased a new vintage French oak barrel that had Cognac pedigree, aged alcohol in it, and diluted the original Plum in Cognac formula in it. And the result was - unconvincing. Not quite the Plum in Cognac they knew and loved, but not different and intriguing enough to make for a new scent they would be proud of. So Scents of Wood got to work with perfumer Pascal Gaurin, and recalibrated the assemblage of ingredients to match the nature of the new barrel. After a few months of trial and error, Plum in Cognac Vintage 2024 was born. In essence, from the barrel up. More gourmand, less boozy. More vetiver-y, less rhum-y. Possibly easier to love, definitely as stunningly beautiful. If you love Plum 2020, you will adore Plum 2024.