Moss / Lichen

Oakmoss Absolute LA

Name: Oakmoss Absolute LA
SKU: MO-178

Original designation: Mousse chêne ABS LA

Evernia prunastri

Oakmoss absolute is a complete landscape in miniature, damp bark, cool mineral air, seaweed, leather and smoke folded into one long-lived green shadow. Its power is not only its scent, but the way it makes an entire formula feel more natural and dimensional.

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Oakmoss Absolute LA · MO-178 · Front presentation

Olfactive character

Base note

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

earthy
woody
mossy
marine
leathery
smoky

Train your nose with this material

At the perfumer’s organ

found a classical chypre
give fougeres depth
naturalise woody bases
link bergamot to patchouli
lend patina to florals

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.

Technology recorded for this material

Alcohol washing dissolves the aromatic fraction in ethanol, then uses chilling and filtration to separate waxes and heavier insolubles. This is a defining route from many concretes or resinoids to absolutes.

These process marks describe selective transformation. They can support a premium grade, but do not alone certify present condition, purity or universal superiority.

Perfumer’s vocabulary

ABS

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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.

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