Jonquil Absolute Limited Edition

Botanical Name: Narcissus jonquilla
Botanical Family: Amaryllidaceae
Extraction Method: Absolute
Part of Plant Distilled: Flower
Country of Origin: France
Cultivation Method: Wild harvest
Composition: 100% Narcissus jonquilla
Consistency: Medium viscosity

Scent Description

Sweet floral notes dripping with honey, fresh green earth and the faintest hint of rich tobacco.

Blends well with

Jasmine, Vetiver, Spikenard, Ylang, Vanilla, Lemon, Carnation, and Grapefruit.

Uses

Perfumery. As a bountiful basenote for other fragrances. Amorous aroma. Relaxer, stress-less and sleep-more serum. Its enchanting aroma is also said to calm nerves, alleviate tension in the mind and body, sing one to sleep, and melt tense muscles.

The difference between Jonquil absolute and Carnation absolute

In general, they have a similar scent and pigment profiles. They are like scent sisters. They also both blend well with vanilla, jasmine, ylang, narcissus, carnation, champa, benzoin, neroli, and any citrus.

Jonquil absolute can be described as an olive-brown liquid of heavy, honeylike, deep sweet floral with a strong green undertone, a tinge of cinnamate spice with a tenacious dry-down. Reminiscent of hyacinth.

Carnation is also often described as an absolute that is a viscous liquid of olive green to olive-brown with honey-like herbaceous notes; a sweet tenacious fragrance with a whisper of balsamic clove.

The character of each essence’s aroma is created by the biochemical constituents that make up the botanical oil. Carnation and jonquil smell similar because they get their scent signatures from many of the same constituents. They share major components in common. Some of them are benzyl benzoates (including methyl, acetate, and salicylate), linalools, aldehydes, and linoleates. They also both share a subtle spice yet jonquil’s accent is a slight cinnamate indole component, whereas carnation veers to the eugenol (clove) constituent, yet still with the hints of phenylethanol, which contributes to a hint of hyacinth-like aroma in this absolute too.

Jonquil Absolute is one of our rarest floral gems. Extracted from the flowers and buds of the Narcissus jonquil in the Provence region of France, Jonquil has become more and more difficult to obtain in recent years. The number of authentic absolutes emerging from this region is extremely limited. Exquisite in perfumery, these prized petals were used to perfect perfumes of Parisian Perfume Houses of the 18th century. It’s inviting redolent aroma is reminiscent of a springtime stroll that fills the spirit with warm earth and innocent elegance.

The absolute itself offers a rich, floral fragrance that is not overly sweet or feminine. Notes of heavy honey and garden-green dreams make Jonquil a truly heavenly addition to any bath, perfume or scented product.

Size: 5 ml (1:4 Jojoba)

Organic Ingredients

100% jonquil (Narcissus jonquilla) absolute limited edition.

“A woman only laughs that way a few times in her life. A woman only laughs that way when something has touched her way down in the very quick of her being and the happiness just wells out as natural as breath and the first jonquils and mountain brooks.”
~ Robert Penn Warren, All the King’s Men

“It was here as well that Grenouille first smelled perfume in the literal sense of the word: a simple lavender or rose water, with which the fountains of the gardens were filled on gala occasions; but also the more complex, costlier scents, of tincture of musk mixed with oils of neroli and tuberose, jonquil, jasmine, or cinnamon, that floated behind the carriages like rich ribbons on the evening breeze.”
~ Patrick Süskind, Perfume