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
ShalimarGuerlain · “tonka beans”Good GirlCarolina Herrera · “Tonka Bean”
Bleu de ChanelChanel · “tonka bean”Tobacco VanilleTom Ford · “Tonka Bean”Fougère RoyaleHoubigant · “tonka beans”Lift Me UpInitio · “Roasted Tonka Beans”
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LibreYSL · “Tonka absolute from Venezuela”
Le Male ElixirJean Paul Gaultier · “Tonka Bean”
Bal d'AfriqueByredo · “Tonka Bean Absolue”CodeArmani · “Tonka Bean Absolute”
Delina ExclusifParfums de Marly · “Tonka Bean”HalfetiPenhaligon's · “Tonka”
Le BeauJean Paul Gaultier · “Tonka Bean”
Lavande 31Le Labo · “tonka”
Tonka 25Le Labo · “absolute tonka”
Limette 37Le Labo · “tonka beans”
LibreYSL · “Tonka absolute from Venezuela”Le Male ElixirJean Paul Gaultier · “Tonka Bean”Bal d'AfriqueByredo · “Tonka Bean Absolue”CodeArmani · “Tonka Bean Absolute”Delina ExclusifParfums de Marly · “Tonka Bean”HalfetiPenhaligon's · “Tonka”Le BeauJean Paul Gaultier · “Tonka Bean”Lavande 31Le Labo · “tonka”Tonka 25Le Labo · “absolute tonka”Limette 37Le Labo · “tonka beans”