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Dyer's greenweed (Genista tinctoria) is a shrub in the legume family (Fabaceae) native to Europe and western Asia. Historically, it was cultivated as a source of yellow dye: the flowers and young shoots produce a yellow pigment when combined with alum as a mordant. The plant also produces green dye when combined with woad (blue).

The flowers have a subtle, broom-like fragrance: faintly sweet, slightly coumarin-tinged, with a green-herbaceous quality. The scent is less intense than that of scotch broom or gorse but shares the same family character. In perfumery, dyer's greenweed is a natural note, though rarely used. The plant contains isoflavones, flavonoids, and small amounts of volatile compounds.

When represented in fragrance, the note functions as a modifier in herbaceous, Mediterranean, and craft-heritage compositions. It provides a quiet, artisanal quality referencing textile and dye traditions rather than garden beauty.

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