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Tonka Bean Absolute

Original designation: Fève tonka ABS

Tonka absolute is the velvet hinge between hay and vanilla: coumarinic, almond-soft and tobacco-warm, with the power to make an accord feel instantly composed.

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€13.60

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Olfactive character

Base note

In perfumery vocabulary, Tonka Bean Absolute is associated with coumarinic, sweet hay, almond-like, vanillic, tobacco-like and warm. Its creative role is a deep base-note material with architectural presence, giving structure and character to complex accords.

  • coumarinic
  • sweet hay
  • almond-like
  • vanillic
  • tobacco-like
  • warm
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At the perfumer’s organ

  • fougère foundations
  • amber and tobacco accords
  • almond-hay warmth in sophisticated gourmands

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

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.

Material registerCatalogue identity and recorded details
HombreOils reference
MO-243
Historic catalogue name
Calchauvet
Availability
Available
Register reference
114581 · 030604.21 · BMF
Material type
Absolute
Physical form
Not recorded
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