Woody & Aromatic

Broken Cricket Bat sits alongside independent woody-aromatic houses like Jorum Studio, Perfumer H and Haeckels — small British and Scottish perfumers building around real sandalwood, oud and cypress rather than a marketing brief.

It opens with pink pepper, juniper berry and cardamom, moves through a resinous, faintly smoky heart of blue cypress and clary sage, and settles into a sandalwood, oud and oakmoss base built to last 7–10 hours. It's drawn from a single memory rather than a reference bottle: the smell of a well-used cricket bat on a British summer evening.

Curious how it compares to the fragrance that made sandalwood famous? Read our Santal 33 alternatives guide, or start with a £6 sample before committing to the full 50ml bottle.