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Rhubarb

Ingredients · Green · Made in a lab

Rhubarb

Rhubarb stalks give no oil or absolute; the tart, green snap is built from a few sharp lab-made molecules.

What it is
Something that grows but gives no oil worth extracting, so perfumers rebuild its smell from other materials.
How perfumers build it
Known in
Infusion de Rhubarbe (Prada, 2025)
Worth knowing
Rhubarb's large leaves are poisonous; the note copies the stalk, the part that is eaten.