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Tagetes
Tagetes
Tagetes, a relative of the French marigold, bears yellow to orange flowers and highly fragrant foliage. Its flowering tops are distilled into a powerful essential oil, to be used sparingly. Its scent is both fruity and green, with hints of green apple and crushed grass, and an almost medicinal edge.
What it brings
A green, fruity sparkle, sunny and slightly herbal.
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Material profile
- Family
- Flowers
- Nature
- Natural material
- Botanical name
- Tagetes
- Origin
- A plant with orange flowers native to the Americas, grown in Africa and India.
- How it is obtained
- Steam distillation
- On Volute
- 1 fragrance
The fragrances that reveal it
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