Balata

Dense, resinous-woody, with a milky-sweet undertone. Bulletwood is tropical hardwood at its heaviest — dark, slow, latex-scented.
- Type
- Sirovina
- Olfactive family
- Drvenasti
- Source
- heartwood
- Chemical class
- Concept accord
Miris
Teroar i zrelost
Detaljno
Dobijanje i hemija
Način dobijanja
No commercial extraction exists. The wood is too dense and resin-poor for viable steam distillation. Conceptual note only.
- Formula
- Complex mixture (wood extract)
- CAS
- N/A — natural wood extract
- Botanički naziv
- Manilkara bidentata
- Izgled
- Pale yellow to amber liquid
- Jačina mirisa
- Srednji
- Trajnost
- > 200 hours
- Sinonimi
- Manilkara bidentata, Bulletwood
No IFRA Standard for the material itself (51st Amendment)
- Nota
- Manilkara bidentata — tropical hardwood; balata latex historically harvested; no standard commercial essential oil for perfumery
U parfemima
Concept wood note providing dense, dark, tropical hardwood character. No extraction exists. Built from dark woods (guaiac, vetiver), resins, and lactonic (milky) elements. Functions in woody, tropical, and dark compositions seeking unusual density and weight.