Женьшень

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Ноти серцяПіраміда
3/5Сила
—Стійкість
2Походження
Зразок
Женьшень як парфумерна сировина
Ноти серця
Panax ginseng
Фантазійний/концептуальний
Визначення

Earthy, slightly bitter root with a faint sweetness and a musty, forest-floor undertone. Ginseng smells like digging up a root in damp Korean mountain soil -- vegetal, complex, medicinal.

ЗЕЛЕНИЙ ЗЕМЛИСТИЙ СОЛОДКИЙ ТРАВ’ЯНИЙ ТЕПЛИЙ СВІЖИЙ СУХИЙ
Korean ginseng, Asian ginseng
Type
Акорд
Olfactive family
Ароматичні
Source
root
Інструменти
Піраміда
ВВерхні ноти
СНоти серця
ББазові ноти
3/5Сила
Середня
інтенсивність запаху
Країни-виробники
Китай Корея

Запах

Earthy, slightly bitter, faintly sweet, with a musty forest-soil depth. More complex than carrot root, less pungent than fresh ginger. The bitterness is controlled -- more tonic than acrid. A distant pepper-woody warmth (from sesquiterpenes) sits underneath. The impression is of a medicine cabinet in a Korean apothecary.

Докладно

Ginseng in perfumery refers primarily to Panax ginseng (Korean/Asian ginseng), though Panax quinquefolius (American ginseng) carries a similar but milder profile. The dried root has a complex, earthy-bitter-sweet aroma shaped by its ginsenoside content (triterpenoid saponins) and volatile sesquiterpenes including panaxynol.

The olfactory impression of dried ginseng root is earthy, faintly sweet, slightly bitter, with a musty, forest-soil undertone and a distant pepper-like warmth. Red ginseng (steamed and dried) is warmer and sweeter than white ginseng (sun-dried). No widely traded ginseng essential oil exists for perfumery; the note is typically reconstructed.

Functionally, ginseng works as an earthy-herbal modifier in the heart zone. It provides an East Asian medicinal-root reference distinct from Western roots (angelica, gentian). The note works in wellness-themed, herbal, and East Asian-inspired compositions.

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Отримання й хімія

Спосіб отримання

No standardised ginseng essential oil is widely traded in perfumery. CO2 extraction of dried Panax ginseng root yields an extract used primarily in cosmetics and nutraceuticals. The perfumery note is typically reconstructed.

Формула
Key constituents: ginsenosides (triterpene saponins, e.g., Rb1: C₅₄H₉₂O₂₃)
CAS
N/A (complex root extract)
Ботанічна назва
Panax ginseng
Зовнішній вигляд
Pale yellow to amber liquid (essential oil or CO₂ extract)
Сила запаху
Середня
Синоніми
Korean ginseng, Asian ginseng
Статус IFRA
Див. примітку

Not applicable: accord or concept, not a single material

Фізичні властивості
Нота
CO₂ extract or essential oil from Panax ginseng root. Earthy, slightly sweet, root-like character.

У парфумерії

Ginseng is an earthy-herbal heart-note modifier providing an East Asian medicinal-root reference. Its profile (earthy, bitter-sweet, musty, faintly peppery) is reconstructed from vetiver (earthy), angelica (root character), trace methyl salicylate (medicinal), and woody-peppery sesquiterpenes. Works in wellness, herbal, and East Asian-inspired compositions alongside green tea, camphor, and iris accords.

Роль у формулі
01модифікатор
02компонент піднесення
03сполучний компонент
04формувач об’єму
05свіжість
Форми випуску
синтетичний акорд фантазійна нота

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