Note · Spices
Cumin
Cuminum cyminum
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Distilled, cumin seeds give a warm, spicy, almost animalic oil, evocative of skin. It is used in tiny doses.
What it brings
A spicy, carnal sensuality.
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Material profile
- Family
- Spices
- Nature
- Natural material
- Botanical name
- Cuminum cyminum
- Origin
- Seeds grown in India, Iran and Turkey.
- How it is obtained
- Steam distillation
- On Volute
- 8 fragrances