Osmanthus absolute

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Ripe apricot and peach with leathery, tea-like and violet facets.

What it is: Natural absolute from solvent-extracted autumn flowers of osmanthus trees.
Where it comes from: China
When you smell it: Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it: Luminous fruity-leather floral for chypres, leather and tea accords; rich in ionones.
Worth knowing: In China the flowers scent osmanthus tea and the 'reunion wine' drunk with family.
Known in: Osmanthe Yunnan (Hermès, 2005)
Rules: Limited. Capped via restricted trace constituents (IFRA Annex I)
Also called: Osmanthus fragrans absolute; sweet olive; guihua

Named by the house, not on the label, in 9

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