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Fenugreek Absolute

Original designation: Fenugrec ABS

Trigonella foenum-graecum L.

Fenugreek absolute is gourmand before gourmand became a genre: maple, walnut, hay, tobacco and a curious curry-like heat. In trace amounts it can make sweetness feel ancient, savoury and wonderfully enigmatic.

Base noteLimited availability

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Price per package

1 g

€8.50

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Fenugreek Absolute
Limited

Olfactive character

Base note

In perfumery vocabulary, Fenugreek Absolute is associated with maple syrup, walnut, curry spice, hay, tobacco and burnt sugar. Its creative role is a deep base-note material with architectural presence, giving structure and character to complex accords.

  • maple syrup
  • walnut
  • curry spice
  • hay
  • tobacco
  • burnt sugar
Train your nose with this material

At the perfumer’s organ

In the organ, use it to build maple-tobacco accords, enrich dark gourmands and introduce immortelle effects. As base note, it offers signature rather than mere theme.

  • maple-tobacco accords
  • dark gourmands
  • immortelle effects
  • leather sweetness

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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A vintage material for contemporary creation

Preserved within the Maison Orris collection assembled by 2006, this material opens a door to an earlier 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.

Material registerCatalogue identity and recorded details
Maison Orris reference
MO-081
Historic catalogue name
Calchauvet
Availability
Limited availability
Material type
Absolute
Physical form
Not recorded
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