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Tonka bean

Tonka bean is obtained from dipterzx odorata, native to brazil, british guiana and venezuela. Dried tonka beans are
solvent extracted to produce an absolute.Tonka is used to flavor pipe tobacco and alo in ice cream.

The top not is sweet, warm, herbaceous, chocolate like, the middle note has hay like notes, the dryout is hay like and
coconut like. Balsamic group, but strong hay like facet which could put it in agrestic class.

In perfume it is a great fixative, also to create sweet, powdery accord. Use when you want to add sweet, warm notes –
not florals - in chypres, fougères, hay bases, Amber bases, Lavender bouquets, etc. Blends well with vanilla, leather,
and tobacco notes. Can add a natural gourmand effect in white flower accords, such as tuberose.

Lavender absolute

Middle note, very strong and intense. Fougère and woody, herbaceous types, forest, new-mown-hay, as well as citrus,
colognes and chypre.

Pour un homme - 1934 ernest daltroff, one of the first fragrances for men. Two phase composition – the brightnes of
citruses and violet flower (eau de cologne effect) and gurmand sensation of vanilla, coumarin and amber.

Ho wood

ho wood, ravintsara and camphor are from the same plant

Don’t confuse the name – ho wood – ct linalool – from wood, cineol – ravintsara, ct camphor -

Replacement for rosewood – endangered species, high content of linalool (fresh, clean scent) – rosewood is more floral
and complex.

Top note, woody, floral, use when you look for a top note that is not citrus;

Modifier of top notes, works well with citrus, make citrus and herbals a bit softer, also can modify the top notes of
florals (good with rose and geranium)

Harmonize other notes, add fresh and floral nuances, great with woody notes that can be a bit linear (ho wood would
make them lighter)

Adds light floral, dewy floral scent to compositions

citrus, herbal, woody, floral

Rosewood

Botanical name(s): Aniba rosaeodora, Aniba rosaeodora var. amazonica

Synonyms: Bois de rose, Brazilian rosewood.

Constituents: Almost a pure isolate - Linalool represents 80-97% of the oil’s content.

Odour description: Light, lilac-like, lily-of-the-valley similarity, woody and floral. Hints of

warmth but mostly cool, fresh and powdery. Very rose, also hints of citrus

Volatility rate: Top note, extender of rose

Perfumery Uses: Diffusive,versatile top note. Especially valuable in ambery, florals to impart a fresh, elegant and light
opening and support the floral elements in the opening stage. An essential connect of Fougères due to its high content of
linalool.

Blending Tips: Goes well with anything and everything, but especially tonic bean, orris, lavender, tuberose,
sandalwood, bergamot, clary sage, cedar wood

Due to over-harvesting, rosewood trees are now protected under CITES (the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species). Perfumers have had to find alternative ingredients that can provide similar effects to rosewood