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Moss / Lichen

Moroccan Oakmoss Absolute, Purified Super

Original designation: Mousse de chêne Maroc ABS épurée Super

Evernia prunastri

Purified or genuine-designated oakmoss still speaks in the unmistakable vocabulary of lichen on bark: green darkness, salt air, leather, hay and wet wood. In a vintage palette it offers the kind of complex natural modulation that a single moss molecule cannot imitate.

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1 g

€32

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Moroccan Oakmoss Absolute, Purified Super

Olfactive character

Base note

In perfumery vocabulary, Moroccan Oakmoss Absolute, Purified Super is associated with deep green, earthy, woody, seaweed-like, leathery and hay-like. Its creative role is a deep base-note material with architectural presence, giving structure and character to complex accords.

  • deep green
  • earthy
  • woody
  • seaweed-like
  • leathery
  • hay-like
Train your nose with this material

At the perfumer’s organ

In the organ, use it to build define a chypre foundation, enrich give fougeres forest depth and introduce naturalise abstract woods. As base note, it offers signature rather than mere theme.

  • define a chypre foundation
  • give fougeres forest depth
  • naturalise abstract woods
  • bind citrus to leather
  • extend a green drydown

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. Purification aims for a more focused, polished expression of the parent material.

Perfumer’s vocabulary

ABSEP / épuré
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A vintage material for contemporary creation

This 31-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-159
Historic catalogue name
Calchauvet
Availability
Available
Recorded date
1995-10-27
Register reference
123050 · 40449 · H
Material type
Absolute
Physical form
Not recorded
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