Narcissus poeticus absolute

A very scarce and, partly for that reason, very rarely used perfume material is the flower absolute from the Narcissus Jonquilla. This very fragrant narcissus species probably originated in Asia Minor and it is cultivated in the Grasse region of southern France and in Morocco for the purpose of extracting perfume oil. The flowers are extracted with petroleum ether to yield a concrete which in turn is processed to an absolute. Jonquil Absolute from Concrete is a viscous, dark brown or dark orange to olive brown liquid of heavy, honey like, deep sweet floral odor with a strong green backnote and a somewhat bitter, very tenacious dryout note. The odor bears great similarity to the fragrance of longoza and tuberose and a resemblance to hyacinth. Dark brown viscous oil extract from the flowers of Narcissus. Some Perfumery Uses: Joy; Hyacinth; Jonquil; Tuberose.