The drawing: cactusThe drawing: cactus
Cactus

Ingredients · Green · Made in a lab

Cactus

No oil is taken from a cactus or its flower; the accord suggests a delicate night bloom with cool green and creamy sides.

What it is
Something that grows but gives no oil worth extracting, so perfumers rebuild its smell from other materials.
What the real thing smells of
Known in
CK IN2U Her (Calvin Klein, 2007)
Worth knowing
The queen of the night, a cactus that flowers after dark, gives off a scent that is about 73% geraniol at full bloom.