Bourbon Vanilla Co2 Orpur

Bourbon vanilla traces its identity to Réunion Island, formerly called Île Bourbon, where French colonists first cultivated Vanilla planifolia in the 19th century. Isolated from its native Mexican pollinator, the vanilla orchid required manual pollination, a technique slave workers developed around 1841. Volcanic soil and tropical climate on Réunion produced beans with an exceptionally rich, creamy character. By the late 1800s, French island colonies including Réunion and Madagascar dominated global vanilla production. Today, Bourbon vanilla refers specifically to beans grown in Madagascar, the Comoros, and Réunion itself, distinguished by their high vanillin content and complex, custard-like warmth that perfumers prize above all other origins.