Ombu

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.
- Type
- Sirovina
- Olfactive family
- Drvenasti
- Source
- wood
- Chemical class
- Fantasy accord — not an isolated chemical class
Miris
Detaljno
Zanimljivosti
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.
Dobijanje i hemija
Način dobijanja
Not commercially extracted. The plant contains no true wood to distill. The spongy tissue is mostly water. The perfumery note is a fantasy accord.
- Formula
- N/A — no standardized extract
- CAS
- N/A — no commercial essential oil or CAS in perfumery
- Botanički naziv
- Phytolacca dioica
- Izgled
- Pale yellow to amber viscous liquid
- Jačina mirisa
- Jedva primetan
Not applicable: accord or concept, not a single material
- Nota
- Phytolacca dioica (Ombú/Belambra) is not commercially distilled. Used as a creative/evocative note in perfumery rather than a sourced raw material.
U parfemima
Belambra is a fantasy modifier in South American, Pampas-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.