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Moss / Lichen

Moss Absolute IFRA

Original designation: Mousse ABS IFRA

An IFRA-marked moss material belongs to a processed perfumery lineage rather than a promise of any current compliance status. Sensorially it can offer the dry, woody and leathered architecture that makes moss indispensable to chypre and fougere design.

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1 g

€31

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Moss Absolute IFRA

Olfactive character

Base note

In perfumery vocabulary, Moss Absolute IFRA is associated with dry moss, woody, earthy, leathery, muted green and phenolic. Its creative role is a deep base-note material with architectural presence, giving structure and character to complex accords.

  • dry moss
  • woody
  • earthy
  • leathery
  • muted green
  • phenolic
Train your nose with this material

At the perfumer’s organ

In the organ, use it to build shape a controlled chypre shadow, enrich dry down fougere structures and introduce add forest-floor realism. As base note, it offers signature rather than mere theme.

  • shape a controlled chypre shadow
  • dry down fougere structures
  • add forest-floor realism
  • take sweetness out of woods

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-162
Historic catalogue name
Calchauvet
Availability
Available
Register reference
116279 · 119545 · 110545 · 501CELLE01 · 503
Material type
Absolute
Physical form
Not recorded
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