Orris Butter (Orris Root) Essential Oil. 1 gram . Eden botanicals

Botanical Name: Iris pallida Lam. Origin: France Process: Molecular Distillation Plant Part: Rhizomes, 15% irones content Cultivation: Conventional Use: Natural Perfumery. Always dilute. Note: Base to Middle Note, Excellent Fixative Aroma Family: Floral, Woody Aroma: Delicate, sweet, warm, powdery-floral aroma reminiscent of violet flowers with mellow woody undertones; very tenacious, has excellent fixative value. Gorgeous Orris Butter (15% irones), a rare essential oil distilled from the rhizomes of Iris pallida, has a delicate, sweet, warm, powdery-floral aroma reminiscent of violet flowers with mellow woody undertones. This material is very tenacious, has excellent fixative value, and displays its full and impressive strength and diffusion in the drydown, especially when it is highly diluted. In very small amounts, Orris is an excellent fixative and has the power to amplify other notes in a fragrance. The essential oil of Iris pallida is highly prized as a fixative and base note in high-end natural perfumery and is obtained from rhizomes that have been in the ground for three years, then dried and aged for three more years. Orris rhizomes contain precursors of molecules called irones, whose intense, powerful odor develops only with time. It is during this six-year period that oxidative processes begin to yield irones – the pinnacles of natural perfumery – from which the extraordinary fragrance of Orris arises, making the oil from these roots a favored ingredient in perfumery since the 18th century The high price of Orris Butter is a consequence of labor intensity, low yield and lengthy growth and storage times. PLEASE NOTE: Orris Butter is perfectly soluble in 190 proof alcohol. It is also soluble in fixed/vegetable oils, however, depending on the percentage of fixed oil, the diluted Orris mayre-solidify at room temperature.