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Absolute
Each class opens a distinct part of the HombreOils palette. Select one to discover its materials, then follow original designations and specialist terms into the full catalogue.
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Explore the material classes in the current selection, then follow their original vocabulary through the perfumer’s glossary. The process notes below introduce the wider craft of extraction and refinement.
12 material classes · 61 specialist terms · 264 catalogue materials
Historic refinement technologies
Processes that expanded the perfumer’s palette
Beyond the first extraction lies a second art: selecting the fractions that give a material its distinctive character. Molecular distillation, alcohol purification and careful fractionation offer different ways to refine an aromatic extract. In the HombreOils vintage collection, these process signatures sit beside original house names and original material names, bringing the technical craft of perfumery into focus.
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MD / DM · molecular distillation
Molecular distillation is a specialist refinement under high vacuum. A short vapour path and brief residence time help limit thermal stress while selected aromatic fractions are separated. Depending on the chosen fraction, the process can concentrate character, reduce colour or remove heavier constituents, revealing another expression of the original extract.
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CD / SPD · short-path distillation
Short-path distillation brings evaporation and condensation close together under high vacuum. This arrangement supports a brief, controlled separation with reduced thermal exposure, giving the perfumer access to selected lighter and heavier fractions of a complex aromatic material.
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Alcohol purification · the art of the absolute
Alcohol purification is part of the classical craft of the absolute. Ethanol draws out the soluble aromatic portion; cooling and filtration separate waxes before the alcohol is removed, revealing a richly expressive extract with less of the original waxy material.
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Rectification · decolourisation · further refinement
A further distillation can select a more defined fraction; decolourisation can reduce an extract’s colour contribution. Further refinement describes an additional finishing pass, with the method chosen for the material and the intended grade. These distinct approaches widen the perfumer’s palette, offering different expressions of an extract’s aromatic character.
Explore the original process marks in the glossary, then discover how each material expresses its place in the collection.
Continue through the vocabulary
Continue through the vocabulary
Use the glossary to decode abbreviations, extraction terms and historic naming, then add the materials that interest you to one tailored quotation.