The plate: tonka
Planche IX · Fève tonkaTonka · Dipteryx odorata

Ingredients · Sweet · dry-down

Tonka bean absolute

Say itTONG-kuh bean absolute

Warm hay, almond, caramel and tobacco over a rich vanillic body.

What it is
Natural absolute from cured seeds of Dipteryx odorata.
Where it comes from
Venezuela, Brazil
When you smell it
Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it
Natural coumarin richness for orientals, fougères and gourmands; deeper than synthetic coumarin.
Worth knowing
Cured beans are soaked in rum and dried, which makes coumarin crystals frost their wrinkled skins.
Rules
Limited. Limited through its high coumarin content (IFRA).
Also called
Tonka absolute; Dipteryx odorata

Named by the house, not on the label, in 37