Ingredients · Florals · dry-down
Osmanthus absolute
Say itoz-MAN-thus absolute
Ripe apricot and peach with leathery, tea-like and violet facets.
- What it is
- Natural absolute from solvent-extracted autumn flowers of osmanthus trees.
- Where it comes from
- China
- When you smell it
- Dry-down: what stays.
- What perfumers do with it
- Luminous fruity-leather floral for chypres, leather and tea accords; rich in ionones.
- Worth knowing
- In China the flowers scent osmanthus tea and the 'reunion wine' drunk with family.
- Known in
- Osmanthe Yunnan (Hermès, 2005)
- Rules
- Limited. Capped via restricted trace constituents (IFRA Annex I)
- Also called
- Osmanthus fragrans absolute; sweet olive; guihua
Named by the house, not on the label, in 25
GuidanceAmouage · “Osmanthus”
Power SelfInitio · “Osmanthus”
Journey WomanAmouage · “Osmanthus”
Sunshine WomanAmouage · “Osmanthus Absolute”
MaterialAmouage · “Osmanthus Absolute”
Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · “Osmanthus”
Guidance 46Amouage · “Osmanthus”
SequenceAmouage · “Osmanthus”
Osmanthus 19Le Labo · “osmanthus flower”
Zahara Amber DubaiAl Haramain · “Osmanthus”
1 Million ElixirRabanne · “Osmanthus”
Oud VoyagerTom Ford · “Osmanthus”
GanymedeMarc-Antoine Barrois · “Osmanthus”
Donna Born in Roma Purple MelancholiaValentino · “Osmanthus”
WishChopard · “Osmanthus”
No.14 IcilaMaison Louis Marie · “Osmanthus”
SunflowersElizabeth Arden · “Osmanthus”
360° for WomenPerry Ellis · “Osmanthus”
Cuir InfrarougeMaison Crivelli · “osmanthus from China ORPUR”
Rose WhipPhlur · “Osmanthus”
Queen of SilkCreed · “Osmanthus”
Good Girl Gone BadKilian Paris · “Osmanthus”
Tubéreuse AstraleMaison Crivelli · “osmanthus absolute ORPUR”
Let's PretendEtat Libre d'Orange · “Osmanthus Flower Absolute”
NefsNishane · “osmanthus”Sources