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Ginger CO2 extract

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Juicy fresh-cut ginger, lemony, sparkling and zesty-spicy.

What it is
Natural extract from ginger rhizomes extracted with supercritical carbon dioxide.
When you smell it
Top notes: when you spray it.
What perfumers do with it
Gives realistic fresh-ginger sparkle to citrus, tea and spicy accords.
Worth knowing
Unlike the distilled oil, it can carry gingerols, the compounds that make ginger hot on the tongue.
Also called
Zingiber officinale CO2

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