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Lavender
Floral, fresh, aromatic, herbaceous with sweet coumarin undertone.
Lavender Diva IG Grasse Abs has a cleaner and more precise olfactory profile, especially without the mushroom secondary facet present in classical lavender/lavandin essential oil.
It's a well-balanced Lavender with a clean and fresh aromatic notes completed with a beautiful warm ambery dry down.
This very floral Lavender Diva IG Grasse Abs can be used in Fine or Consumer Fragrances with aromatic, fougere and floral accord.
A primary extraction with a volatile solvent on fresh or dry biomass yields to a Concrete or Resinoid.
The Absolute is obtained via a second purification step in the process.
Lavender Diva IG Grasse Abs is certified with the Geographic Indication Absolue Pays de Grasse, approved by France's National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI).
This label guarantees the authenticity and savoir-faire of the historic Grass area for the cultivation of perfume plants that spreads across the Alpes Maritimes, the Var and the Alpes de Haute Provence.
The common names of Lavandula angustifolia, formerly L. officinalis, include true lavender and English lavender (though it is not native to England).
Extracted part: stem and flower.
The name "Diva" comes from the fact this variety is particularly floral, extremely resistant and very productive.
Today, France is one of the main producers of the fine fragrance quality, with an annual production of around 60 MT. Today, there are 28 species of Lavender; all grow in dry, sunny and rocky regions. The strands are more fragrant when they are harvested just before the flowers bloom.
Below 400 meters altitude, fine lavender cannot grow, only lavandin grows at sea level.
Lavandin is a hybrid of two lavender species giving much higher yields per hectare but with more camphoraceous notes explaining why it is more used in consumer goods/household segments.
Bulgaria annual production is around 250 MT and offers a less expensive quality, more dedicated to consumer goods application.
France
In Provence, dsm-firmenich supports its partner to develop a diversification program of Lavandin, Lavender and other herbs such as clary sage and coriander. dsm-firmenich is a member of the lavender endowment fund to help protect this iconic supply chain in Provence. In a field of fine lavender, there may be several different varying shades of blue. The association of aromatic products ensures a higher and more regular income for farmers. Lavender in France is picked mechanically "ensilage", in the same way as wheat, and distilled locally before being purchased by dsm-firmenich.