Kaučuk

Rubbery, smoky-sweet, organic. Natural latex from Hevea brasiliensis — the raw, milky smell of a rubber plantation, vegetal and sticky.
- Type
- Akord
- Olfactive family
- Drvenasti
- Source
- accord (rubber-smoky concept)
Miris
Detaljno
Zanimljivosti
Charles Goodyear discovered vulcanization (heating rubber with sulfur) by accident in 1839 when he spilled a rubber-sulfur mixture on a hot stove. Before vulcanization, natural caoutchouc was nearly useless — it melted in summer and cracked in winter.
Dobijanje i hemija
Način dobijanja
Natural caoutchouc is obtained by tapping the bark of Hevea brasiliensis and collecting the latex sap. The latex is coagulated with acid, washed, and dried — either air-dried (pale crepe) or smoked over wood fires (smoked sheets). No fragrance-grade extraction exists; the note is reconstructed in perfumery.
- Formula
- (C₅H₈)ₙ
- CAS
- 9006-04-6
- Botanički naziv
- Hevea brasiliensis
- Izgled
- Colorless to pale yellow clear liquid
- Jačina mirisa
- Srednji
- Sinonimi
- RUBBER LATEX
Not subject to an IFRA Standard (51st Amendment)
- Relativna gustina
- 0.91 to 0.93 @ 25 °C
- Nota
- Natural rubber (cis-1,4-polyisoprene). Elastic solid at room temperature. Tg ≈ -70 °C. In perfumery, the accord evokes rubbery, smoky, lactonic facets.
U parfemima
Caoutchouc is a niche note used in industrial, leather, and avant-garde compositions. It provides an organic rubbery quality that is warmer and more vegetal than synthetic rubber. Built from smoky materials (cade oil, styrene traces), fatty-organic notes, and milky accords. Functions as a heart-to-base modifier. The phenolic smoke connection makes it compatible with leather and tobacco families.