Warm, resinous and slightly medicinal — a dry, balsamic resin with earthy-bitter facets and a subtle smoky-spicy undertone. Over time it settles into a soft, powdery-amber warmth with a distinctive licorice-like nuance.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 33.
Infusions, now more or less abandoned in modern perfumery, are distinguished from tinc- tures of the same raw materials by the difference in mellowness. This is particularly noticeable in cases where the raw material is a natural Oleo- Gum-Resin. The hot treatment with alcohol in the presence of acids (from the resin) will lead to the formation of significant amounts of various ethyl esters, etc. Acetaldehyde is formed by oxidation of the ethyl alcohol under the influence of terpenes or terpene oxides in the botanical raw material. The presence of these ethyl alcohol derivatives will change the odor characteristics of the infusion significantly.
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