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Vanilla, Powdery
Gourmand, vanilla, phenolic, leathery, woody. Vanilla planifolia is one of the basic compounds in a perfumer’s palette.
Appreciated for its phenolic and sweet profile, perfumers love to focus on the artistic evocation: profound, sensual, animalic and at the same time gourmet.
Very complex vanilla profile with bean, woody and phenolic facets. It enhances the gourmand bottom note in floral and ambery compositions.
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.
Extracted part: cured vanilla beans.
Vanilla is a member of the orchid family and is among the oldest flowering plants on earth. This climbing vine, which needs a tropical climate to grow, only lives one day if not pollinated. Indeed, it’s a labor-intensive specie with a curing process that lasts for up to 4 months. Many different varieties exist but two species are more widely exploited: Vanilla planifolia and Vanilla tahitensis. With over 100 years of experience in vanilla production, dsm-firmenich sources this raw material especially in Madagascar (Bourbon vanilla) but also in Papua New Guinea, in Uganda, in Indonesia or also in India. these various exploitation areas offer a richness of diverse olfactive and gustative profiles.
Madagascar
Vanilla is a critical and strategic raw material that dsm-firmenich mainly sources from Madagascar, where 80% of the world production is coming from.