Karo-Karounde

Fruity-floral, tropical, with a jasmine-like sweetness. Carissa spinarum — a thorny African shrub with intensely fragrant white flowers and edible fruit.
- Type
- Sirovina
- Olfactive family
- Cvetni
- Source
- flowers
- Chemical class
- complex natural (essential oil)
Miris
Detaljno
Zanimljivosti
In traditional African medicine, virtually every part of Carissa spinarum is used: roots for headache and chest pain, bark for snakebite, leaves for wounds, and fruit as food. The thorny branches are frequent as living fences — a natural barbed wire.
Dobijanje i hemija
Način dobijanja
No commercial essential oil or absolute from Carissa spinarum. The volatile profile has been studied (linalool, benzyl acetate, farnesol) but no commercial extraction exists. The note is reconstructed from standard white-floral materials.
- Formula
- Complex mixture (absolute/extract); no single molecular formula
- CAS
- 68916-95-0
- Botanički naziv
- Leptactina senegambica
- Izgled
- dark orange yellow amber viscous liquid
- Jačina mirisa
- Srednji
- Sinonimi
- KARO-KAROUNDE FLOWER KARO-KAROUNDE ESSENCE
No IFRA Standard for the material itself (51st Amendment)
- Nota
- Leptactina senegambica absolute (CAS 68916-95-0); rare African flower absolute; limited physical data available
U parfemima
Karo-karounde is a conceptual white-floral note with no commercial extract. Reconstructed from linalool, benzyl acetate, jasmine-type materials, and creamy-tropical modifiers. Functions as a heart note in African botanical, tropical-floral, and night-blooming compositions. Related to carissa (Natal plum) and shares similar white-floral chemistry.