Benzoin Siam resinoid

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Soft vanilla-chocolate sweetness with warm balsamic, almost powdery depth.

What it is: Natural resin extract from resin tapped from Styrax tonkinensis trees.
Where it comes from: mainly Laos
When you smell it: Dry-down: what stays.
What perfumers do with it: Sweet balsamic fixative; smooths and warms amber, powdery and oriental bases, reinforcing vanilla-like tones.
Worth knowing: Its gentle vanilla scent comes largely from coniferyl benzoate and natural vanillin inside the resin.
Also called: Siam benzoin; gum benjamin (Siam)

Named by the house, not on the label, in 84