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juniper

Ingredients · Herbs & lavender · top note

Juniper berry oil

Fresh gin-like piney berry; resinous, peppery-green, slightly fruity.

What it is
Natural oil from steam-distilled crushed ripe berries.
Where it comes from
the Balkans, Italy, India
When you smell it
Top notes: the first minutes.
What perfumers do with it
Adds crisp, gin-like conifer freshness to colognes, aromatic masculines and cocktail accords.
Worth knowing
Gin's name traces to 'genever', from the Dutch word for juniper.
Also called
Juniperus communis fruit oil