Ingredients · Sweet · dry-down
Sesame CO2 extract
Say itSesame see-oh-TOO extract
Freshly toasted sesame: toasted bread, caramelised hazelnut and a coffee-like roast over a balsamic, woody undertone.
- What it is
- Natural extract from sesame seeds extracted with supercritical carbon dioxide.
- When you smell it
- Dry-down: what stays.
- What perfumers do with it
- Adds volume and natural roasted warmth to gourmand accords; pairs with vanilla, tonka, amber, coffee, sandalwood and benzoin.
- Worth knowing
- Its seller writes that sesame remains rare in perfumery.
- Known in
- L'Eau Papier (Diptyque, 2023)
- Also called
- Sesame SFE absolute (Firmenich); Sesamum indicum seed extract
Named by the house, not on the label, in 2
