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    Red Lily fragrance note

    Red Lily carries the weight and richness of velvet petals. Deep, saturated, and intensely sensual, this note brings honeyed sweetness and a…More

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    Character

    The Story of Red Lily

    Red Lily carries the weight and richness of velvet petals. Deep, saturated, and intensely sensual, this note brings honeyed sweetness and a creamy, almost spicy floral depth that defines the heart of many legendary fragrances.

    Heritage

    Lilies held profound significance across ancient Mediterranean cultures. The Greeks and Romans prized lilies for their beauty and incorporated them into fragrant oils and cosmetics. The Madonna lily held particular religious significance in ancient Egypt, appearing in tomb paintings, and in ancient Greek mythology where it symbolised femininity and fertility. The Romans used lilies widely in perfumery and cosmetics.

    The flower's sacred status extended into early Christian art, where white lilies symbolised purity and the Annunciation. By the 19th century, the rise of modern perfumery drove demand for lily absolutes through solvent extraction, producing potent materials that remain among the costliest in perfumery. The name itself derives from the Greek word leirion, unchanged across millennia of use.

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    Japan

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    Ingredient Details

    Extraction

    Solvent extraction

    Used Parts

    Flower petals

    Did You Know

    "Lilies are mute flowers, yielding almost no extractable fragrance naturally. Perfumers reconstruct their scent using synthetic molecules."

    Production

    How Red Lily Is Made

    Extracting red lily absolute requires solvent extraction. Fresh petals are processed through extraction batteries using volatile food-grade solvents, producing a waxy concrete. This concrete is subsequently washed with food-grade ethanol to isolate the aromatic portion. After ethanol removal, the result is a highly concentrated absolute requiring minimal wax content removal to preserve its aromatic integrity.

    Nature-identical molecules like linalool, ionones, and phenyl acetate help recreates the characteristic creamy, honeyed, opulent profile of the flower. Natural red lily absolute remains among the costliest materials in perfumery due to the mute nature of the flower and low yield per kilogram of petals. Most commercial fragrances rely on reconstructed versions using both natural extracts and synthesized aromatic molecules.

    Provenance

    Japan

    Japan36.2°N, 138.2°E

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