Pink lotus absolute

Dense, honeyed, spicy-green floral with leathery, animalic warmth.

What it is: Natural absolute from solvent-extracted sacred-lotus flowers.
Where it comes from: India
When you smell it: Dry-down: what stays.
What perfumers do with it: Exotic, dark-honeyed floral heart for orientals, oud and incense compositions.
Worth knowing: Lotus seeds can survive for centuries; one about 1,300 years old was germinated in 1994.
Also called: Sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera (pink) absolute

Named by the house, not on the label, in 14