Johimbe
Dry, bitter bark stripped from a West African tree prized more for its aphrodisiac legend than its scent. The smell is astringent and medicinal, closer to quinine than to any perfumer's palette.
- Type
- Sirovina
- Olfactive family
- Drvenasti
- Source
- bark
- Chemical class
- fantasy note (accord)
Miris
Detaljno
Dobijanje i hemija
Način dobijanja
Yohimbe bark is not commercially distilled or extracted for perfumery. The pharmaceutical industry extracts the alkaloid yohimbine via solvent extraction of dried bark. Any perfumery use is a fantasy accord reconstructed from other materials. Bark tinctures are theoretically possible but not standard practice.
- Formula
- Key alkaloid: yohimbine C₂₁H₂₆N₂O₃ (CAS 146-48-5)
- CAS
- 85117-22-2
- Botanički naziv
- Pausinystalia yohimbe (K.Schum.) Pierre ex Beille
- Izgled
- Pale yellow to amber viscous liquid
- Jačina mirisa
- Srednji
- Sinonimi
- yohimbine, Yohimbe bark
Not subject to an IFRA Standard (51st Amendment)
- Nota
- Yohimbe bark extract (Pausinystalia johimbe). Key alkaloid: yohimbine.
U parfemima
Yohimbe is not a standard perfumery material. TGSC classifies it as not for fragrance use. When it appears on a fragrance pyramid, it functions as a fantasy note, an olfactory fiction built from dark bark accords, bitter-woody molecules, and earthy bases. Its value is entirely conceptual: the aphrodisiac reputation lends narrative tension to compositions exploring desire or provocation. A perfumer representing yohimbe would likely reach for bitter woods such as quassia, astringent bark tinctures, and dry earthy bases. The note belongs to the same imaginary shelf as concepts like skin, asphalt, or ink, where the idea carries more weight than any single raw material.
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