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Natural Ingredients
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Fragrance Bases
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solvents & carriers
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Botanical Hydrosols
PREMIUM NATURAL SPICY-LEATHERY SAFFRON EXTRACT
Afghan Saffron Tincture (CAS 84604-17-1) is a natural extract obtained by macerating the dried crimson stigmas of Crocus sativusin 5%/1% food-grade ethanol. Its profile is warm and leathery, layered with spicy, fruity, and woody-boozy facets over a hay-like, floral base. Sourced from Herat, Afghanistan, it carries the elevated crocin, picrocrocin, and safranal levels for which that origin is prized, giving a depth that synthetic saffron notes rarely reach.
It belongs to the spicy-leathery family and functions as a heart-to-base natural fixative, anchoring volatile top notes while adding golden warmth to the dry-down. It blends with rose, oud, woods, resins, and other spices, performing across oud, woody, oriental, and leather accords.
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Vanilla Pompona Tincture 10% in ETOH is a natural, food-grade extract obtained from Vanilla pompona pods, diluted in dipropylene glycol for perfumery and flavoring applications. Sourced from Peru, this tincture offers a sweet, gourmand profile with vanilla, phenolic, and warm bean-like notes.
It functions as a base note and fixative in fragrances, while also serving culinary use due to its food-grade classification.
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Cinnamon Oil is a high-grade natural essential oil distilled from the inner bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum, prized for its warm, sweet-spicy character with a dry, powdery finish and fruity top nuances. Compared to standard cinnamon oils, this material exhibits significantly higher olfactory potency and lasting power, making it ideal for complex artistic perfumery compositions. Its richness and natural warmth make it a foundational note in Oriental and spicy accords, where even fractional use induces remarkable diffusion and radiance.
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Carrot Seed Oil P&N (Pure & Natural), CAS 8015-88-1, is a steam-distilled essential oil extracted from the dried seeds of Daucus carota. This material offers a complex powdery-earthy profile with woody, camphoraceous, and slightly fruity-apricot nuances. Primarily used as a supporting note, it reinforces violet, iris, and mimosa structures in floral, chypre, and woody perfumes. Its economical yield and powerful scent make it a versatile tool for perfumers seeking tenacity and nuance in both natural and fantasy-type compositions.
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Cedarwood Texas Oil (CAS 68990-83-0) is a natural essential oil obtained through steam distillation of the powdered heartwood of Juniperus mexicana. This material is known for its clean, sweet-woody scent reminiscent of freshly sharpened pencils, supported by balsamic undertones from cedrol-rich fractions. It is a versatile base note that brings body, dryness, and fixative power to woody, amber, leather, and fougère compositions. Used both in crude and rectified form, it is appreciated across fine fragrance, personal care, and ambient perfumery.
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Cedroxyde is a synthetic fragrance compound developed by Firmenich in 1973. Structurally a bicyclic terpene ether, it delivers a dry woody-ambery aroma with medium strength and excellent tenacity. Its balanced blend of cedarwood, sandalwood, patchouli, and soft amber nuances makes it a key base note in modern perfumery. Cedroxyde imparts both warmth and structure, seamlessly grounding compositions in floral, chypre, oriental, and aromatic families.
It is widely used across fine fragrance, personal care, and functional applications due to its stability, complexity, and versatility.
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Gelsone™ (CAS 29214-60-6) is an IFF-created acetoacetate ester celebrated for its luminous jasmine-pear bouquet and gentle white-wine sweetness. Highly diffusive yet long-lasting, it brightens floral and aquatic accords while remaining FEMA GRAS (4459) and unrestricted by the current IFRA Standards—making it a versatile choice for fine fragrance, hair-care, and flavour applications.
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Schiff 001, commonly known as Aurantiol, is a classic Schiff base formed by the condensation of hydroxycitronellalwith methyl anthranilate. This high-impact ingredient exhibits a powerful floral-orange blossom aroma and is widely used in citrus cologne types as both a fixative and top-note enhancer. It also finds use in amber and chypre compositions, where it lends a soft oriental nuance. Schiff 001 is known for its excellent synergy with macrocyclic musks, contributing to round, long-lasting scent profiles.
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Cashmeran® (CAS 33704-61-9) — also known as DPMI or Musk Indanone — is a polycyclic synthetic moleculedeveloped by IFF that bridges woody, musky, and amber tonalities. Its structure, a dihydro-indanone ketone, produces a uniquely warm, diffusive, and long-lasting scent with a soft “cashmere-like” texture. The olfactory profile blends woody-musky depth with subtle spicy-floral and coniferous nuances, creating volume and sensuality across both masculine and feminine compositions.
Highly substantive and remarkably versatile, Cashmeran® serves as a bridge molecule that harmonizes musk softness with woody structure, providing smoothness, warmth, and diffusion to modern fragrance architectures. With excellent stability and fixative power, it is essential in amber, oriental, and woody-musk accords, as well as in high-end personal and functional fragrances.
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OTBCHA (CAS 88-41-5), chemically identified as 2-tert-butylcyclohexyl acetate, is a synthetic aliphatic ester developed by IFF and marketed under the trade name Verdox®. The molecule exists as cis/trans stereoisomers, with commercial grades typically containing 60-95% of the cis isomer. Its profile is defined by fresh apple-green top notes with marked woody-cedar and violet-ionone facets, evolving into subtle powdery-ambery undertones. Unlike sugary fruity esters, OTBCHA delivers an abstract, sophisticated character that bridges fruit, forest, and floral elements—not a photorealistic apple, but a complex interpretation suggesting tea-like transparency and cashmeran warmth simultaneously.
Functionally, this material demonstrates medium tenacity (4-8 hours on blotters) and operates as a top-to-mid note bridge with moderate volatility. Its tert-butyl-substituted cyclohexyl structure provides exceptional stability in alkaline media (pH 3-11), making it indispensable for functional perfumery applications like shampoos and detergents where traditional esters would degrade. Effective at 1-10% in fine fragrance and up to 15% in functional formulations, OTBCHA acts as a diffusive connector, adding volume and radiance without weight while facilitating smooth transitions between fruity top notes and woody-ambery bases.
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Methyl Cedryl Ketone, commercially known as Vertofix, is a powerful synthetic ingredient widely used in modern perfumery for its dry woody and ambery character. Structurally derived from cedrene, it provides high odor strength and long-lasting tenacity, with a profile richer and more persistent than Iso E Super. Vertofix enhances volume, diffusion, and fixative strength in compositions featuring cedar, amber, or dry woods. It is particularly effective in masculine, woody-amber, and fougère blends.
Latest Blog
Salicylates are the invisible fixatives holding modern fragrance together — from fougère structure to white floral harmony and alkaline-stable functional applications. A technical guide to the entire family.
We partner with Chematek S.p.A. to introduce Timberlove®: a 98%+ pure, bio-based Ambroxide synthesized via proprietary reduction. Industrial-grade consistency and sustainability are now accessible to independent perfumers.
In the quiet of the lab, Tabanone reveals the secret behind the allure of tobacco perfumes. A molecule that merges smoke, fruit, and warmth into a sensual, enveloping trail—turning every fragrance into a story of depth, refinement, and olfactory seduction.
Discover the ancient art of perfume tinctures—alcohol-based extractions that capture the authentic essence of botanical materials. Learn how vanilla tincture is made through traditional maceration, explore its complex aromatic profile, and understand why this centuries-old technique remains essential in modern artisanal perfumery. A comprehensive guide to one of perfumery's most foundational extraction methods.
IFF’s Oliffac® accords—born in 1958—span Benzoin 63 to biotech terpenoids, showing how nature-identical fragrance bases reshaped modern perfumery.
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Myrrh Resinoid (CAS 8016-37-3) is a natural balsamic substance extracted from the resin of Commiphora myrrha, a shrub native to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Thick and reddish-brown, the resinoid is renowned in perfumery for its deep-spicy, warm-balsamic character and its role as a fixative and sweetener in rich fragrance accords. Possessing medium odor strength, it blends harmoniously with oriental bases, mossy woods, and incense-like compositions. Despite its intense coloration, Myrrh Resinoid remains a versatile foundation material, pairing well with spice oils, musks, geranium, and cinnamic derivatives to add depth and historical warmth to compositions.