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Belambra Tree

Q: Is Belambra Tree natural or synthetic?

. Extraction: Not commercially extracted. The plant contains no true wood to distill. The spongy tissue is mostly water. The perfumery note is a fantasy accord..

WOODS AND MOSSES / woody · earthy · warm

Belambra Tree

Category	WOODS AND MOSSES
Subcategory	woody · earthy · warm
Origin
Volatility	Base Note
Botanical	Phytolacca dioica
Appearance	Pale yellow to amber viscous liquid
Odor Strength	Faint
Producing Countries	Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay (native to the Pampas)
Pyramid	Base

A massive South American shade tree with a faint, green-vegetal scent. Belambra smells more like its enormous presence than any specific aromatic: cool shade, damp bark, and quiet green.

Scent
The Full Story
Fun Fact
Extraction & Chemistry
In Perfumery

Scent

Faint green-vegetal with a damp, slightly sour quality from the water-rich tissue. Less woody than any true tree, more herbaceous and succulent. A cool-shade quality: the impression of being under something large and protective. The scent is more about environment than chemistry.

Evolution over time

Immediately

Faint green-vegetal, cool shade

After a few hours

Damp, slightly sour, herbaceous

After a few days

Nearly imperceptible green trace

The Full Story

Belambr a tree (Phytolacc a dioic a, the ombu) is a massive persistent native to the Pamp as of South Americ a, particularly Argentin a and Uruguay. Despite its tree-like appearance, it is technically a giant herbaceous plant: its trunk contains no true wood, only soft, spongy, water-filled tissue.

The plant has a faint, green-vegetal scent: leaves and crushed stems release a subtle herbaceous aroma. The 'wood' smells damp and slightly sour due to its high water content. The ombu is more remarkable for what it is than what it smells like: a treeless plains' answer to the need for shade.

In perfumery, belambr a is a fantasy note providing a specific South Ameri can territory character. The note carries the Pamp as: open grassl and, a single enormous shade tree, horses, gaucho culture. It functions as an atmospheric modifier rather than a defined scent.

This note in Première Peau. Nuit Elastique · Albâtre Sépia. Sample all seven extraits in the Discovery Set.

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Related: Alder · Alpha Humulene · Amaranth · Amberever · Ambramone · Amburana Bark · Antillone · Apple Tree

Did You Know?

Did you know?

The ombu is the only native 'tree' of the Argentine Pampas, though it is technically not a tree at all. Its spongy tissue contains so much water that it does not burn and cannot be used for firewood, construction, or any practical purpose except shade. Gauchos have used its shelter for centuries.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method: Not commercially extracted. The plant contains no true wood to distill. The spongy tissue is mostly water. The perfumery note is a fantasy accord.

Molecular Formula	N/A — no standardized extract
CAS Number	N/A — no commercial essential oil or CAS in perfumery
Botanical Name	Phytolacca dioica
IFRA Status	No known restrictions
Physical Properties
Odor Strength	Faint
Appearance	Pale yellow to amber viscous liquid

In Perfumery

Belambr a is a fantasy modifier in South Ameri can, Pamp as-territory, and shade-atmosphere compositions. It provides green-vegetal character with a cool-protective quality. The note is atmospheric rather than defined: it creates a sense of place (Argentine grasslands) rather than contributing specific aromatic character. Built from green-herbaceous materials and damp-woody modifiers.