Slama
Dry, dusty, sun-baked vegetal. Cut hay left to cure in a barn: warm, slightly sweet, with coumarin and lactonic undertones from drying grass.
- Type
- Akord
- Olfactive family
- Cvetni
- Source
- Perfumer's imagination — inspired by dried grain stalks with dry, golden, sun-baked hay qualities
Miris
Detaljno
Zanimljivosti
Coumarin, the molecule that gives straw its sweet smell, was first isolated from tonka beans in 1820 and was the first natural substance synthesized in a laboratory (William Henry Perkin, 1868).
Dobijanje i hemija
Način dobijanja
No commercial straw extraction. Hay absolute is the closest natural material. Straw character is reconstructed from coumarin, lactones, and dry-vegetal synthetics.
- Formula
- Complex mixture; key odorants: coumarin (C₉H₆O₂), furfural (C₅H₄O₂)
- CAS
- Not assigned (no standardized essential oil)
- Botanički naziv
- Triticum aestivum (wheat straw, most common) various cereal grasses
- Izgled
- Colorless to pale yellow clear liquid
- Jačina mirisa
- Srednji
Not applicable: accord or concept, not a single material
- Nota
- Dried cereal stalks; used as olfactory concept in perfumery
U parfemima
Heart-to-base modifier providing warm agricultural dryness. Key molecules: coumarin, furfural, lactones. Adds rural atmosphere and sunlight warmth. Pairs with lavender, dry woods, tonka, and honey.
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