The plate: sichuan pepper
Planche XXVII · Poivre du SichuanSichuan pepper · Zanthoxylum bungeanum (also Z. simulans)

Ingredients · Spices · top note

Sichuan pepper CO2 extract

Say itSICH-wahn pepper see-oh-TOO extract

Citrusy yuzu-lemon pepper zing with lavender and woody facets.

What it is
Natural extract from dried husks of Zanthoxylum species.
Where it comes from
China, Japan
When you smell it
Top notes: the first minutes.
What perfumers do with it
Adds an electric citrus-pepper tingle to citrus, aromatic and woody tops.
Worth knowing
Its mouth-numbing tingle comes from sanshools, molecules that add nothing to the smell.
Also called
Szechuan pepper; Zanthoxylum bungeanum; Zanthoxylum piperitum