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Geographic Indication "Absolue Pays de Grasse"

Recognizing our traditional savoir-faire in Grasse

Firmenich Ingredients receive Geographic Indication “Absolute Pays de Grasse”

 

Nine of our most esteemed and traditional natural ingredients are certified with the Geographic Indication “Absolute Pays de Grasse”. Approved by the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Absolute Pays de Grasse showcases the region’s historic contributions and know-how in perfumery cultivation and industrial processes.

Absolue Pays de Grasse

In 2018, this certification was initiated by the association “Les Fleurs d’Exception du Pays de Grasse”, with the contributive efforts of Firmenich and other local manufacturers. The label recognizes the unique quality of Grasse absolutes, due to the region’s artisanal know-how in perfumery plants and manufacturing techniques, dating back to the 1700s, and its optimal terrain and climate for plant cultivation. These unique assets of the area are now internationally recognized and protected.

 

Absolue Pays de Grasse

Unique and irreplaceable ingredients

 

Each certified ingredient meets the following cultivation and process requirements

 

CULTIVATION

 

The absolute objects of the GI must have been produced in the area identified as a historic area for the cultivation of perfume plants straddling the Alpes Maritimes, the Var and the Alpes de Haute Provence, or be from plants picked or grown in the same area.

EXTRACTION PROCESS

 

The plant raw material or biomass should be extracted with a volatile solvent, by supercritical fluid or enfleurage, in order to obtain a floral ointment called "concrete".

TRANSFORMATION INTO ABSOLUTE

 

The transformation of the primary extract into absolute (alcoholic washing, glazing, filtration, pre-concentration and final concentration under vacuum).

Pays de Grasse Map

Historical areas for the cultivation of perfume plants

 

ROSE CENTIFOLIA : Grasse, Fayence, Carnoules, Saint-Paul-en-Fôret, Callian, Puget Ville, Saint-Cézaire, Montauroux, Tourrettes

 

MIMOSA : Tanneron, Pégomas, Auribeau, Le Tignet, Cannes, Les Adrets, Mandelieu, La Roquette

 

HAY : Logis du Pin, Comps-sur-Artuby

 

CLARY SAGE : La Palud-sur-Verdon, Moustier Sainte Marie, Sainte-Croix du Verdon, Puimoisson

 

EVERLASTING : Plateau de Valensole

Pays de Grasse

Our Made in Grasse Absolutes

Explore our exceptional certified ingredients, grown in the Grasse region, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and processed in our Naturals Center of Excellence in Grasse

 

clary sage

Clary Sage

Everlasting

Everlasting

Hay

Hay

Lavender Diva

Lavender Diva

Mimosa

Mimosa

Rose Centifolia

Rose Centifolia

violet leaf

Violet Leaf

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Clary Sage

Aromatic

 

Ambery, herbaceous, camphor, floral, musky. The olfactive profile is both bright and earthy.
Typically aromatic, it offers a subtle fruity undertone.

 

Perfumery usage 

Absolute and essence are both used in the composition of chypre, fougere and ambery fragrances.

 

Two available GI "Absolue Pays de Grasse" : Clary Sage IG Grasse Abs | Clary Sage IG Grasse Abs Decol

 

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clary sage

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Everlasting

Aromatic

 

Everlasting is a multi-faceted ingredient and can be described as an aromatic in a gourmand universe.
Perfumers qualify it as a floral-ambery or a floral-gourmand, always warm.

 

Perfumery usage

In Fine Fragrance, it is mainly used to give a deep tobacco effect to chypre and amber perfumes.

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Hay

Balsamic Aromatic 

 

Hay has a soft, sweet herbal, woody scent reminiscent of Tobacco and Moss.

 

Perfumery usage

HAY PAYS ABS is used in fern, aromatic and lavender fragrances. Very good in blend with tonka, periploca, lavender and other coumarin notes. Give warm and reminiscent dry herbal and addictive note.

 

Two available GI "Absolue Pays de Grasse" : Hay Pays Abs | Hay Pays Abs Decol

 

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Hay

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Lavender Diva

Aromatic 

 

Very floral, fresh, aromatic, herbaceous with sweet coumarin undertone.

Lavender Diva has a cleaner and more precise olfactory profile, especially without the mushroom secondary facet present present in classical lavender/lavandin essential oil.

It’s a well-balanced lavender with a clean and fresh aromatic notes completed with a beautiful warm ambery dry down

 

Pefumery usage

This very floral lavender can be used in Fine or Consumer fragrances with aromatic, fougere and floral accord.

Lavender

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Mimosa

Green Floral

 

Green, floral, powdery and slightly fruity.

 

Perfumery usage

The ultimate reference for floral, green and powdery long-lasting notes.

A slight woody, almond-like note differentiates it from other origins where the green facet is accentuated.

 

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Mimosa

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Rose Centifolia

Floral Rose

 

Floral, green, spicy, fruity, sweet, honey like.

Rare elixir, very sensual, deeply rich and floral, it evokes all values of luxury. Compared to Rosa damascena, Rosa centifolia is sweeter, and honey-like.

 

Perfumery usage

Used in Fine Fragrance, it gives a sweet floral rosy note with honey undertones. Very complex and long-lasting, and for all applications, this exquisite absolute embodies the essence of a tradition.

 

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Violet Leaf

Green

 

Green, vegetal, floral, waxy, slightly earthy with cucumber and melon effect. The ultimate reference for green and floral long-lasting notes. It brings a high quality, watery, green and fruity facets in compositions.

 

Perfumery usage

In cosmetic applications, this extract brings a delicate “caring” effect. It blends very well with tuberose, narcissus, tea leaf absolute, clary sage absolute, estragon, cumin, basil, and with synthetic ingredients. 

 

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