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Moss / Lichen

Moss Absolute

Original designation: Mousse ABS

This broadly named moss absolute is presented as a forest-floor material: green shadow, damp earth, bark and leather with slow persistence. No oakmoss or tree-moss species is inferred where the catalogue does not say so.

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1 g

€26.40

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Olfactive character

Base note

In perfumery vocabulary, Moss Absolute is associated with mossy, earthy, woody, leathery, green and smoky. Its creative role is a deep base-note material with architectural presence, giving structure and character to complex accords.

  • mossy
  • earthy
  • woody
  • leathery
  • green
  • smoky
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At the perfumer’s organ

  • construct a forest base
  • give chypres natural depth
  • shade florals with earth
  • add patina to woods

Extraction & expression

Absolute extraction preserves a broad, saturated portrait of the source. Traditionally, fragrant biomass is first solvent-extracted and the resulting concrete or resinoid is purified with alcohol, giving perfumers a dense material rich in less-volatile facets.

Perfumer’s vocabulary

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Archive age and character

Preserved in the HombreOils collection since before 2006, this material is at least 20 years old. It offers a rare encounter with the textures and signatures of an earlier perfumery era, ready to explore on the blotter and in new compositions.

Material registerCatalogue identity and recorded details
HombreOils reference
MO-161
Historic catalogue name
Calchauvet
Availability
Available
Register reference
107069
Material type
Absolute
Physical form
Not recorded
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Weight

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