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Ноти серцяПіраміда
3/5Сила
—Стійкість
1Походження
Зразок
Огірочник як парфумерна сировина
Ноти серця
Borago officinalis
Фантазійний/концептуальний
Визначення

Cool, green, cucumber-fresh. Starflower (borage) oil smells of crushed cucumber peel and wet garden soil -- a vegetal freshness without any floral sweetness.

КВІТКОВИЙ ЗЕЛЕНИЙ СОЛОДКИЙ ТЕПЛИЙ СВІЖИЙ
BORAGE STAR HERB
Type
Акорд
Olfactive family
Квіткові
Source
flower
Chemical class
complex natural (essential oil)
Інструменти
Піраміда
ВВерхні ноти
СНоти серця
ББазові ноти
3/5Сила
Середня
інтенсивність запаху
Країни-виробники
Середземномор’я

Запах

Cool, green, and cucumber-fresh. Like pulling a borage leaf from the garden and rubbing it between wet fingers -- the oil releases a clean, vegetal coolness that smells of cucumber skin and morning dew. No sweetness, no warmth. Pure cold green.

Докладно

Starflower typically refers to borage (Borago officinalis), a herb with vivid blue, star-shaped flowers, native to the Mediterranean but naturalized across Europe. The plant is primarily cultivated for its seed oil, which is rich in gamma-linolenic acid (GLA). In perfumery, the note is a fantasy accord.

The scent of fresh borage is distinctively cucumber-like. The leaves, when crushed, release a cool, green, almost melon-fresh quality that is closer to cucumber peel than to any flower. The blue flowers themselves have a fainter, sweeter scent, but it is the vegetal, cucumber character that defines borage olfactively.

Perfumers reconstruct the starflower note using green-cucumber materials: cis-3-hexenol (leaf alcohol), traces of violet leaf absolute for the green-metallic edge, and cucumber-melon molecules for the fresh, aqueous quality. The result is a cool, garden-fresh accent.

In a composition, starflower sits in the top notes. It provides an unusual green freshness -- less herbal than basil, less sharp than galbanum, cooler and more watery than most green notes.

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Related: Abelia · Almond Blossom · Alpha Terpineol · Alstroemeria · Alumroot · Amarillys · Amazon Moonflower · Amethyst Flower

Цікавий факт

Borage flowers are one of the few truly blue edible flowers. They taste distinctly of cucumber and are traditionally frozen into ice cubes for summer cocktails. The plant is also one of the best bee-attracting herbs -- its nickname in some regions is "bee bread."

Отримання й хімія

Спосіб отримання

Borage seed oil is cold-pressed for cosmetic use (rich in GLA), but not for perfumery. The starflower note in fragrance is a fantasy accord reconstructed from green-cucumber synthetics.

Формула
Complex mixture; key fatty acid: γ-linolenic acid (C₁₈H₃₀O₂)
CAS
84012-16-8 (borage seed oil)
Ботанічна назва
Borago officinalis
Зовнішній вигляд
pale yellow oily liquid
Сила запаху
Середня
Синоніми
BORAGE STAR HERB
Статус IFRA
Див. примітку

Not subject to an IFRA Standard (51st Amendment)

Фізичні властивості
Температура спалаху
> 200.00 °F. TCC ( > 93.33 °C. ) (est)
Відносна густина
0.920 to 0.930 @ 25.00 °C.

У парфумерії

Top note in green, garden-fresh, and aquatic-green compositions. Functions as a cool, cucumber-like green accent. Built from cis-3-hexenol, violet leaf traces, and cucumber-melon molecules. Provides an unusual green freshness that is softer than galbanum and more watery than basil. Useful in spring and garden-themed formulas.

Роль у формулі
01підсилювач дифузії
02модифікатор
03компонент піднесення
04сполучний компонент
05формувач об’єму
06свіжість
Форми випуску
синтетичний акорд фантазійна нота

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