{"product_id":"karo-karounde-truabs","title":"Karo Karounde TruAbs","description":"\u003cp\u003eKaro karounde is one of perfumery's lost treasures. The original absolute came from the flowers of Leptactina senegambica, a wild shrub from the Fouta Djalon mountains of Guinea — related to gardenia and coffee. Early European botanists mistook it for a new species of jasmine. Production has effectively ceased: fewer than 50 kilos a year were ever made, and regulatory pressures have shut down the African extraction operations entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe smell is extraordinary — intensely floral and narcotic, with the richness of gardenia, the sweetness of jasmine, and the waxy warmth of orange blossom, all layered over an unexpected chocolate-orange depth and faint bitter almond undertone. It appeared in Cartier \u003cem\u003ePanthère\u003c\/em\u003e, Estée Lauder \u003cem\u003ePleasures\u003c\/em\u003e, and Bertrand Duchaufour's \u003cem\u003eTimbuktu\u003c\/em\u003e, where it anchored the exotic floral heart. In West Africa, the flowers have been used for centuries to perfume hair, linen, and baths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis TruAbs® base is a 100% natural reconstruction — no synthetics — built to deliver the same olfactory profile now that the genuine absolute is unobtainable. Use it in tuberose and gardenia accords, heavy oriental florals, or anywhere you want narcotic white-flower richness with depth. It pairs beautifully with ylang-ylang, jasmine, orange flower absolute, styrax, and isoeugenol. Available pure and at 10% in natural TEC for easier blending. A little goes a very long way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csup\u003eImage (c) Eric Gren – \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\" title=\"cc-by-nc\"\u003esome rights reserved (CC BY-NC)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/photos\/278266431\" title=\"Details\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-info-circle\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fraterworks","offers":[{"title":"1g \/ 10% TEC","offer_id":51876008493368,"sku":"880674-1","price":11.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1g \/ 100% Pure","offer_id":51876008526136,"sku":"880674-1p","price":52.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4g \/ 10% TEC","offer_id":51876008558904,"sku":"880674-4","price":18.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4g \/ 100% Pure","offer_id":51876008591672,"sku":"880674-4p","price":101.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15g \/ 10% TEC","offer_id":51876008624440,"sku":"880674-15","price":47.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15g \/ 100% Pure","offer_id":51876008657208,"sku":"880674-15p","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"25g \/ 10% TEC","offer_id":51876008689976,"sku":"880674-25","price":66.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"25g \/ 100% Pure","offer_id":51876008722744,"sku":"880674-25p","price":405.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50g \/ 10% TEC","offer_id":51876008755512,"sku":"880674-50","price":113.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50g \/ 100% Pure","offer_id":51876008788280,"sku":"880674-50p","price":710.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g \/ 10% TEC","offer_id":51876008821048,"sku":"880674-100","price":197.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100g \/ 100% Pure","offer_id":51876008853816,"sku":"880674-100p","price":1242.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250g \/ 10% TEC","offer_id":51876071997752,"sku":"880674-250","price":461.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250g \/ 100% Pure","offer_id":51876072030520,"sku":"880674-250p","price":2933.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/1448\/9400\/files\/karo-karounde.jpg?v=1773122530","url":"https:\/\/fraterworks.com\/products\/karo-karounde-truabs","provider":"Fraterworks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}