Oakmoss Green Absolute
Oakmoss Green Absolute
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Variety: Evernia Prunastri Classification: Base Note[i]
Two companies dominate the Oakmoss world today: LMR, specialising in the finest qualities of IFRA compliant Oakmoss, and Payan Bertrand which wears the crown of the classic unadulterated green oakmoss products. While other suppliers have variations on the so-called “full fat” green oakmoss, only Payan Bertrand comes close to the quality used before the IFRA standards came in to force. If you want the Oakmoss revered by Coty, the Oakmoss used by Ernest Beaux and Jean Carles: you have one choice: Payan Bertrand.
This is classic green oakmoss absolute sold pure (as a solid material) or in liquid form diluted by Fraterworks to 50% in natural odourless triethyl citrate.
When Francois Coty created the great feminine masterpiece Chypre, there was only one oakmoss he would accept: pure and natural green Yugoslavian oakmoss. He adored it so much that he used a whopping 8% in that famous fragrance. Over the forthcoming decades all other perfumers used the same product - from Ernest Beaux with No 5 for Chanel, all the way up to the 21st century when tragically pure and natural oakmoss was restricted by IFRA and only permitted if it were chemically altered to remove atranol.
Most suppliers today only stock the chemically altered brown IFRA compliant oakmoss which lacks a lot of the beauty of this product. But not all... we are absolutely thrilled to be able to offer pure and natural Yugoslavian green oakmoss absolute. This is not IFRA compliant. Despite that, it still finds many uses and is still permitted in numerous regions of the world. Needless to say, this incredibly rich and beautiful material is essential for recreating the classic scents of yesteryear.
We also offer an IFRA compliant oakmoss absolute (pure or at 50% dilution) from Laboratoire Monique Remy (LMR).
Origin: Nations of the former Yugoslavia
Part: Moss
Method of production: Solvent extraction in Grasse
IFRA 51: Prohibited from use in fragrances
Appearance: Thick green paste
Longevity: Lasts > 400 hours on a smelling strip
Fraterworks® is strictly a reseller of this product and is neither an agent nor official distributor for Payan Bertrand.
General Information
General Information
Like most suppliers and makers of quality raw materials for fragrances, we do not filter many of our products. This ensures that no odiferous matter is lost prior to use but can result in the appearance of small particles or slight clouding.
All alcoholic fragrances should be macerated for up to a month and then chilled in a moderate freezer overnight before being filtered fine. This will remove all cloudiness or detritus and is the industry norm.
IFRA Standards
IFRA Standards
Permitted amounts in finished product:
IFRA 51: Prohibited
IFRA 49: Prohibited
These are derived from calculated concentrations which do not replace chromatographic quantification on individual lots. Disclaimer...
For Trade Use Only
For Trade Use Only
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Customer Reviews
I was looking for some magic touch that could bring back the smells of those old days of yore. I still havent found it, but this is the closest I smelled so far.
first batch i ordered was semi solid oakmoss, good product. second batch i ordered was slimey gooey and stringy with some strange particles, cristal like, in it not semi solid like the first batch. batches are inconsistent. i tried reaching out to fraterworks through online form but got stonewalled at their human robot verification loop. could never get my "complaint" through.
Hi Carlos - please email me at jamie@frater.com so I can resolve this. The batches should be the same for this product and I will investigate thoroughly. Also, please give me some background on the robot verification... I wasn't aware that our live chat had anything like that - our support emails and live chats are 100% manned by humans so this is news to me!
Smells just like the dried lichen. I love it- green and deeply woodsy.
Various other oakmosses I've tried have had a sour-musty smell to them. This one is velvety, clean, green, and makes fougeres almost shimmer. Beautiful material, and so happy to have it available at 50% dilution for ease of use!
The smell from this is, as other reviews have pointed out, just so green. You can smell the forest floor! You will not get a better oakmoss smell elsewhere. Truly a tragedy it's not IFRA compliant anymore.
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