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Cistus Essence, Heads S/00182

Original designation: Ciste ESS TETES S/00182

Cistus ladanifer

A heads fraction captures the volatile, high-register face of cistus: aromatic scrub, resin vapour and dry Mediterranean herbs before the darker amber body arrives. It can give an otherwise heavy balsamic structure a flash of untamed air.

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1 g

€14.50

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Cistus Essence, Heads S/00182
Fraction

Olfactive character

Top note

In perfumery vocabulary, Cistus Essence, Heads S/00182 is associated with terpenic, aromatic, resinous, dry herbal, ambery and slightly camphoraceous. Its creative role is an agile top-note instrument with vivid lift, giving structure and character to complex accords.

  • terpenic
  • aromatic
  • resinous
  • dry herbal
  • ambery
  • slightly camphoraceous
Train your nose with this material

At the perfumer’s organ

In the organ, use it to build lift a labdanum accord, enrich add wild scrubland air to amber and introduce open incense with aromatic brightness. As top note, it offers signature rather than mere theme.

  • lift a labdanum accord
  • add wild scrubland air to amber
  • open incense with aromatic brightness
  • link herbs to resins

Extraction & expression

Fractionation isolates a particular register of a larger material. Heads and terpene cuts tend toward lift; hearts focus the central identity; body and bottom cuts gather weight, shadow and less-volatile depth. A head cut favours the brightest, quickest and most volatile opening facets.

Perfumer’s vocabulary

Residue / résiduHead fraction / têtes
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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-050
Historic catalogue name
Calchauvet
Availability
Available
Register reference
122249 · 32133 · H
Material type
Fraction / Residue / Terpenes
Physical form
Liquid
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