Модрина
Resinous, green-woody, and bracing. Larch smells like cold mountain air filtered through pine needles and fresh turpentine — crisp and transparent, with a balsamic sweetness underneath.
- Type
- Складник
- Olfactive family
- Деревні
- Source
- wood
- Chemical class
- complex natural (essential oil)
Запах
Теруар і зрілість
Докладно
Цікавий факт
Larch is the only European conifer that drops all its needles in winter. In autumn, larch forests turn golden before going bare — a phenomenon so striking that the German word Lärchensterben (larch death) was historically used by those who mistook the seasonal change for tree disease.
Отримання й хімія
Спосіб отримання
Steam distillation of needles and twigs of Larix decidua or L. sibirica. Venice turpentine is collected as an oleoresin directly from trunk incisions. Needle oil yield is approximately 0.3-0.8%. The oleoresin has been collected commercially in the Alps since the medieval period.
- Формула
- N/A — complex (Venetian turpentine from larch: α-pinene, β-pinene, larixol)
- CAS
- N/A — no single CAS (wood / turpentine)
- Ботанічна назва
- Larix
- Зовнішній вигляд
- colorless to pale yellow clear liquid
- Сила запаху
- Середня
- Синоніми
- LARCH WOOD LARIX
No IFRA Standard for the material itself (51st Amendment)
- Нота
- Venice turpentine (from Larix decidua) sp.gr. 1.09–1.11. Optical rotation -7° to -24°.
У парфумерії
Larch is a top-to-heart coniferous modifier. It provides green, resinous freshness in fougère, chypre, and forest-type compositions. The oil's high pinene content makes it a natural blending partner with other conifers, lavender, and aromatic herbs. Its transparency distinguishes it from heavier conifer materials. Less frequent than pine or fir in commercial perfumery, but valued in niche and artisanal work for its particular brightness.
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