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Fruit / Gourmand / Tobacco

Kola Nut Absolute Resinoid

Original designation: Kola noix ABS RDE

Kola nut suggests a dark, tonic bitterness—roasted nut, dry cocoa and wood—ideal for giving gourmand ideas the poise of an old apothecary cabinet.

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1 g

€29

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Kola Nut Absolute Resinoid

Olfactive character

Base note

In perfumery vocabulary, Kola Nut Absolute Resinoid is associated with bitter, roasted, dry nut, cocoa-like, woody and tobacco-like. Its creative role is a deep base-note material with architectural presence, giving structure and character to complex accords.

  • bitter
  • roasted
  • dry nut
  • cocoa-like
  • woody
  • tobacco-like
Train your nose with this material

At the perfumer’s organ

In the organ, use it to build bitter cola and roasted accords, enrich dry counterpoint in cocoa and vanilla and introduce tobacco, wood and grown-up gourmand structures. As base note, it offers signature rather than mere theme.

  • bitter cola and roasted accords
  • dry counterpoint in cocoa and vanilla
  • tobacco, wood and grown-up gourmand structures

Extraction & expression

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.

Perfumer’s vocabulary

RDE
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A vintage material for contemporary creation

This 23-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.

Material registerCatalogue identity and recorded details
Maison Orris reference
MO-128
Historic catalogue name
Calchauvet
Availability
Available
Recorded date
2003-04-24
Register reference
135766
Material type
Absolute / Resinoid
Physical form
Viscous
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