A rich, creamy coconut aroma with a lactonic, milky character and a soft nutty-buttery undertone. Sweet and tropical without being overtly suntan-lotion, with a subtle waxy, slightly toasted facet in the drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 127.
Coconut Absolute is usually a pale yellow, dark yellow or brownish yellow colored viscous liquid or a low-melting solid, waxy mass.
It has a peculiar fruity-fatty, very fresh and light, yet tenacious odor. Only upon extreme dilution (about 1.0 mg or lower) the nutty and typical fragrance appears.
Coconut absolute is rarely, if ever, used in flavors although it definitely has a delicate mellowing effect upon synthetic coconut flavors; its flavor strength is comparatively small and it has only little diffusive power.
Coconut Absolute is an interesting material in the hands of the experienced and artistic perfumer for his work in unconventional perfumery. Floral fragrances such as jasmine, lily-of-the-valley, lily, lilac, ylang-ylang, etc. and in particular gardenia as well as fruity notes may be excitingly lifted or modified with this unusual perfume material. It blends well with ambrette seed oil, clove bud oil, cognac oil, neroli oil, sweet orange oil, etc. and with amyl cinnamic aldehyde, decylpropionate, cyclamal, isoeugenol, linalool, methyl nonyl acetaldehyde, trimethyl undecylic aldehyde, etc.
Coconut Absolute is produced by extraction of the comminuted endosperm of Cocos Nucifera, the coconut. Flaked or grated coconut meat may be used, but in order to obtain the full and natural gamut of volatile and alcohol extractive matter, it is advisable to start from the de-oleated coconut. When coconut meat is expressed hydraulically the oil will contain the volatile substances. The crude coconut oil is subsequently steam distilled in order to recover these odorous components. An essential oil of coconut is produced this way. However, the so-called Coconut Absolute is produced by alcohol extraction of the crude coconut oil. The alcohol is distilled off under gentle vacuum. A somewhat different coconut absolute is obtained by alcohol extraction of the press-cake of de-oleated coconut meat. This type of coconut absolute has a heavier, more nutty type of odor and a darker color.