Cypress Absolute

Cypress By-Absolute has a deep, woody-green, balsamic aroma with spicy-jammy top notes over rich layers of animalic amber, damp earth and moss, and hints of hay, smoke and tobacco in the tenacious drydown. This unique extract, or ‘By-Absolute,’ is obtained from solvent extraction of the spent needles, twigs and branches that remain after the steam distillation of Cypress essential oil. The result is a complex absolute for formulators and natural perfumers that adds curious, mossy green and wet forest elements particularly to fougère, amber, chypre fragrances. Its smooth richness rivals Oakmoss, of which it is an interesting and economical alternative. We find it powerfully evocative