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Herbs / Spices / Green

Tarragon Concrete Absolute Alcohol-Washed

Original designation: Estragon CTE ABS lavé à l’alcool

An alcohol-washed tarragon preparation with a more textural aromatic presence: green anise, sweet hay and waxy herb drawn into a lingering heart.

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1 g

€13

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Tarragon Concrete Absolute Alcohol-Washed

Olfactive character

Base note

In perfumery vocabulary, Tarragon Concrete Absolute Alcohol-Washed is associated with anisic, green herbal, sweet, hay-like, waxy and soft spicy. Its creative role is a deep base-note material with architectural presence, giving structure and character to complex accords.

  • anisic
  • green herbal
  • sweet
  • hay-like
  • waxy
  • soft spicy
Train your nose with this material

At the perfumer’s organ

In the organ, use it to build textural tarragon and anise accords, enrich long herbal trails in fougères and introduce green-waxy depth beneath florals and gourmands. As base note, it offers signature rather than mere theme.

  • textural tarragon and anise accords
  • long herbal trails in fougères
  • green-waxy depth beneath florals and gourmands

Extraction & expression

A concrete is the wax-rich first capture of aromatic biomass by solvent extraction. It retains fragrant molecules alongside natural waxes and pigments, creating a tactile, often plush material with unusual body.

Perfumer’s vocabulary

CTE
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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.

Material registerCatalogue identity and recorded details
Maison Orris reference
MO-237
Historic catalogue name
Calchauvet
Availability
Available
Recorded date
2005
Register reference
4051030200
Material type
Concrete
Physical form
Solid / waxy
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Weight