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Original designation: Castoréum BASE N2 LA 4121
Two coded castoreum bases preserved as companion house constructions, offering a route into the dense leather-and-animalic vocabulary of an earlier perfumery organ.
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1 g
€59
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In perfumery vocabulary, Castoreum Base N2 LA 4121 is associated with leather, smoked hide, warm fur, birch-tar nuance, balsamic and animalic. Its creative role is a deep base-note material with architectural presence, giving structure and character to complex accords.
In the organ, use it to build classical leather accords, enrich chypre shadow and introduce tobacco and dark-wood bases. As base note, it offers signature rather than mere theme.
A historical base is a finished olfactive composition created as a reusable building block. Rather than imitating one raw material literally, it delivers a complete effect—often the secret architecture behind period perfumery.
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.
Collection connections
Animalic / Animal-derived
Ref. MO-035
Castoréum BASE S2 LA 4120
Recorded historical attribution
Calchauvet
Castoreum Base S2 LA 4120 brings leather, smoked hide and warm fur into a deep base-note material with architectural presence.
Available
Animalic / Animal-derived
Ref. MO-031
Castoréum ABS R515
Castor spp.
Recorded historical attribution
Calchauvet
Castoreum Absolute R515 brings leathery, smoky and phenolic into a deep base-note material with architectural presence.
Available
Animalic / Animal-derived
Ref. MO-011
Cera d'api Ass.
Apis mellifera
Recorded historical attribution
Calchauvet
Beeswax Absolute brings honeyed, waxy and balsamic into a deep base-note material with architectural presence.
Available
Animalic / Animal-derived
Ref. MO-033
Castoréum AUX INC. SG.
Recorded historical attribution
Calchauvet
Castoreum AUX INC. SG. brings castoreum-style, leathery and smoky into a deep base-note material with architectural presence.
Available
