Note · Spices
Turmeric
Curcuma longa
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Turmeric is a cousin of ginger: its bright orange rhizome is used, ground into a yellow powder for cooking. In perfumery its extract smells of warm earth and dry spices, with a woody, slightly peppery facet, gentler than ginger's.
What it brings
A spicy, earthy, dry warmth.
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Material profile
- Family
- Spices
- Nature
- Natural material
- Botanical name
- Curcuma longa
- Origin
- Rhizome of a tropical plant of the ginger family (India, Southeast Asia).
- How it is obtained
- Steam distillationSupercritical CO₂ extraction
- On Volute
- 3 fragrances