The drawing: linden, flowering sprigThe drawing: linden, dried blossom heap
Linden

Ingredients · Florals · heart note

Linden blossom absolute

Say itLIN-dun blossom absolute

Honey-sweet, green tea-like blossom with citrus freshness and beeswax.

What it is
Natural absolute from solvent-extracted flowers of linden trees.
Where it comes from
Europe
When you smell it
Heart: as it settles.
What perfumers do with it
Honeyed, sunny transparency for white florals, tea and green-floral accords.
Worth knowing
In Proust's Swann's Way, the famous madeleine is dipped in linden-blossom tea.
Rules
Limited. Farnesol-rich, so counts toward IFRA's farnesol limit
Also called
Tilleul absolute; lime-tree blossom (Tilia)

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