Wool

Perfume houses extract wool’s aromatic essence from raw sheep fleece. The process begins with scouring: workers wash fleece in warm water to remove dirt and grease. Next, they soak the clean wool in a food‑grade solvent such as ethanol. The solvent dissolves lanolin, a waxy secretion that carries the characteristic animalic scent. After several hours, the mixture passes through a filtration system that separates solid fibers from the liquid extract. Technicians then evaporate the solvent under reduced pressure, leaving a viscous amber oil known as wool absolute. This oil retains the subtle sweet‑nutty nuance of fresh wool and serves as a natural fixative. Final refinement uses short‑chain alcohol washes to strip off residual impurities, producing a clear, stable material ready for blending.