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Original designation: Costus RDE ABS
Costus occupies one of perfumery's most arresting borderlands: dry root and violet shadow meeting warm skin, leather and an almost feral fatty depth.
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1 g
€14.50
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In perfumery vocabulary, Costus Absolute Resinoid is associated with rooty, animalic, leathery, fatty, woody and violet-like. Its creative role is a deep base-note material with architectural presence, giving structure and character to complex accords.
In the organ, use it to build animalic leather and chypre bases, enrich rooty tension beside orris and vetiver and introduce aged tobacco, fur and dark floral effects. As base note, it offers signature rather than mere theme.
This designation sits between absolute and resinoid practice: a concentrated solvent extract with the full body of dry botanical or resinous matter and the polish of subsequent purification.
A vintage material for contemporary creation
This 21-year vintage opens a door to another era of perfumery. An uncommon voice from legendary perfumery heritage, made for mature, daring compositions—a scent from the past, ready to inspire something entirely new.
Collection connections
Woods / Roots / Resins / Balsams
Ref. MO-049
Ciste ABS
Cistus ladanifer
Recorded historical attribution
Calchauvet
Cistus Absolute brings ambery, warm resin and herbal into a deep base-note material with architectural presence.
Available
Woods / Roots / Resins / Balsams
Ref. MO-205
Pérou RDE ABS DM EP
Myroxylon balsamum var. pereirae
Recorded historical attribution
Calchauvet
Peru Balsam Absolute Resinoid DM EP brings vanillic, cinnamic and sweet balsamic into a deep base-note material with architectural presence.
Available
Woods / Roots / Resins / Balsams
Ref. MO-051
Ciste CTE repassé
Cistus ladanifer
Recorded historical attribution
Calchauvet
Cistus Reprocessed Concrete brings ambery, resinous and leathery into a deep base-note material with architectural presence.
Available
Woods / Roots / Resins / Balsams
Ref. MO-131
Labdanum RDE
Cistus ladanifer
Recorded historical attribution
Calchauvet
Labdanum Resinoid brings honeyed amber, balsamic and leathery into a deep base-note material with architectural presence.
Available
