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Note · Resins and balsams

Balsamic notes

Balsamic notes recall balms, sticky, fragrant resins such as benzoin, Peru balsam or Tolu balsam. They bring warmth, roundness and a vanilla-like softness to the base of a fragrance. The house names them this way without specifying the materials used.

What it brings

A resinous warmth, round and vanilla-like.

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Material profile

Nature
Perfumer’s accord
Origin
An accord composed by the perfumer.
How it is obtained
Recomposed by the perfumer
On Volute
1 fragrance

The fragrances that reveal it

Guerlain

Shalimar

Amber · Eau de parfum

Base

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