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Juniper

Ingredients · Herbs & lavender · top note

Juniper berry oil

Fresh gin-like piney berry; resinous, peppery-green, slightly fruity.

What it is
Natural oil from steam-distilled crushed ripe berries.
Where it comes from
the Balkans, Italy, India
When you smell it
Top notes: when you spray it.
What perfumers do with it
Adds crisp, gin-like conifer freshness to colognes, aromatic masculines and cocktail accords.
Worth knowing
Gin's name traces to 'genever', from the Dutch word for juniper.
Also called
Juniperus communis fruit oil

Named by the house, not on the label, in 40