The plate: mint
Planche XLIV · MentheMint

Ingredients · Herbs & lavender · top note

Peppermint oil

Cool, sharp fresh mint with a sweet, slightly creamy-green depth.

What it is
Natural oil from steam-distilled leaves.
Where it comes from
USA (Oregon, Washington, Idaho), India
When you smell it
Top notes: when you spray it.
What perfumers do with it
Adds cooling freshness in small touches to fougères and aromatics; mostly for oral care and flavors.
Worth knowing
Peppermint is a sterile hybrid of watermint and spearmint, spread by runners rather than seed.
Also called
Mentha × piperita