Cassie absolute

Say itKAS-ee absolute

Warm, powdery-violet mimosa with anisic, leathery and cucumber-green facets.

What it is: Natural absolute from solvent-extracted cassie flowers.
Where it comes from: Egypt, India; historically Grasse
When you smell it: Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it: Rich, animalic-powdery floral naturalizer; deeper and heavier than mimosa.
Worth knowing: The molecule farnesol is named after this plant, itself named for Rome's Farnese Gardens.
Known in: Une Fleur de Cassie (Frédéric Malle, 2000)
Rules: Limited. Capped via restricted trace constituents (IFRA Annex I)
Also called: Acacia (Vachellia) farnesiana absolute

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