Product Overview
Our certified organic, wild harvested Linden Blossom CO2 successfully captures the scent of flowering Linden trees with its fresh, warm, floral aroma, delicate, sweet, honey-fruity top notes and fine, green, hay-like undertone reminiscent of the scent of sweetened herbal tea. There is a balanced and delicate complexity of aroma throughout the drydown when smelling it directly from a scent strip, but after leaving the area for a time, upon returning, one finds “the entire atmosphere is charged with its radiation.”[1] PLEASE NOTE: this material is soluble in alcohol and water – not soluble in fixed (carrier) oils.
In the past, Linden was not often used in perfumery, perhaps partly owing to the absolute being difficult to work with, however, recent years have seen an increase of scent creations recognized for their Linden Blossom content.[2] The CO2 version’s ease of use and true-to-nature scent may help position this material as an essential part of the perfumer’s floral repertoire.
An unusual offering, this Linden Blossom CO2 is more than a supercritical fluid extract – organic ethanol is used as a co-solvent to remove every last aromatic molecule from the raw material, resulting in a mobile liquid extract that is both water and ethanol soluble, making it easy to use. With its medium odor intensity and unique water solubility, Linden Blossom CO2 works well in relaxing baths and nighttime linen sprays - Valerie Worwood suggests putting a couple of drops on a cotton ball inserted between the pillow and the pillowcase.[3] Linden Blossom CO2 is a premium ingredient in formulations for sensitive skin[4] as well as a rare aromatic jewel natural perfumers will embrace.
1 Industry communication.
2 https://www.fragrantica.com/news/Linden-Blossom-in-Perfumery-12412.html
3 Worwood, Valerie Ann. Aromantics, 1987, p. 164.
4 Rhind, Jennifer Peace. Aromatherapeutic Blending – Essential Oils in Synergy, 2016, p. 264.
5 Lawless, Alec. Artisan Perfumery or Being Led by the Nose, 2009, p. 73.
