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    Dried apricot fragrance note

    Dried apricot offers a sun‑kissed, honeyed sweetness that anchors fruit accords with a subtle, leathery depth, making it a prized note for g…More

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    The Story of Dried apricot

    Dried apricot offers a sun‑kissed, honeyed sweetness that anchors fruit accords with a subtle, leathery depth, making it a prized note for gourmand and oriental blends.

    Heritage

    Apricot trees first spread across the Silk Road from China to the Mediterranean around the 5th century BC. Persian traders prized the dried fruit for its sweet scent and used it in incense blends that adorned royal courts. By the 12th century Arab alchemists recorded macerating dried apricot in oil to capture its aroma for personal grooming. European apothecaries imported the fruit in the 16th century, where it appeared in scented pomanders and early Eau de Cologne formulas. The 19th century saw the rise of solvent extraction, allowing perfumers to isolate a true apricot absolute rather than a simple tincture. Today natural perfumers value the note for its ability to bridge fresh fruit and warm gourmand accords, echoing a heritage that spans continents and centuries.

    At a Glance

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    Turkey

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    Ingredient Details

    Extraction

    Solvent extraction

    Used Parts

    Dried fruit flesh

    Did You Know

    "Dried apricot absolute contains trace benzaldehyde, a compound also found in bitter almond, which gives the note its characteristic almond‑like nuance."

    Production

    How Dried apricot Is Made

    Harvesters pick ripe apricots at peak sugar content, usually in late summer. Workers spread the fruit on woven mats and let it dry under controlled airflow, preserving sugars while concentrating aromatic precursors. Once the fruit reaches a leathery texture, processors grind the dried flesh into a fine powder. The powder enters a stainless‑steel extractor where food‑grade ethanol circulates for 12‑24 hours, pulling out volatile oils and aromatic molecules. After filtration, the solvent evaporates under reduced pressure, leaving a thick, amber‑colored absolute rich in lactones, aldehydes, and trace benzaldehyde. Some houses finish the material with supercritical CO₂ to remove residual solvent and sharpen the fruit’s sweet‑spicy edge. The final absolute stores in amber glass, protected from light, to maintain its nuanced profile for years.

    Provenance

    Turkey

    Turkey39.0°N, 35.2°E

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