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Styrax, Leathery, Smoky
Soft but not sweet, with light animalic note and enhanced cinnamic effect. The Pyrogenation process sublimates the original note with an intense warm leathery effect and a radiant dry-down. Usually in Perfumery, the aim is to preserve top notes, freshness, and raw material fidelity. With the Pyrogenation, the target is opposite: heavy, pyrogenized and leathery notes are sought.
Known as a fixative, Styrax enhances compositions with chypre and ambery notes.
The VULCAIN range (Pyrogenized) is developed by dsm-firmenich Natural Ingredients Innovation Center and offers a collection of wider and more intense notes than those of the original extracts. They provide a technical solution in the range of leathery notes with a great olfactory potential, and thus a use at very low dosage.
VULCAIN is the name of dsm-firmenich pyrogenation - A controlled and monitored creation of pyrogenized molecules during a specific heating process.
Extracted part: gum.
In Ancient Rome and Hellenic religion, VULCAIN is the god of fire, including the fire of volcanoes.
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The resin of the liquidambar tree is sustainably collected by local producers using traditional methods. In the spring, tappers prepare the trees by incising the trunk. The sap exuding from the cut is collected every day throughout the summer. The raw Styrax gum is brought to local cooperatives for filtration, and then distilled by our local suppliers.
Honduras
In El Paraíso region, farmer cooperatives mainly harvested pine and coffee until one day a disease struck and harmed their income. As Styrax is already planted to provide shade for the coffee, Nelixia and dsm-firmenich initiated a program on Styrax to guarantee market security and fair prices, while ensuring that quality and sustainable practices continue.