Perhaps better known under its French name, Absolue Cire d'Abeille.
This comparatively rare perfume material is an alcohol-soluble extract from crude yellow beeswax. The beeswax is cleaned of mechanical impurities by melting and subsequent straining.
The Toilet Goods Assn. defines Beeswax as the 'purified honeycomb of the bee, Apis Mellifera, free from all other waxes'.
Beeswax Absolute is a solid, waxy mass of pale yellow color and a very mild, sweet, oily odor, with a haylike or coumarinic bodynote and a soft waxy undertone.
The odor is remotely reminiscent of good (not harsh) linseed oil with a trace of honey notes. The odor of Beeswax Absolute is strongly dependent upon the origin of the beeswax (i.e. the hunting ground of the bees).
Useful in perfumes where similar notes occur. Blends well into Jasmine, mimosa, cassie, violet. As well as in the perfume base in which a meadow-like sweetness and heavy, honey-like floral notes are predominant (ie helichrysum, flouve, liatris, chamomile, etc.)
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