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Black Currant Absolute | Ribes Nigrum with Fruity Notes
Black Currant Absolute | Ribes Nigrum with Fruity Notes
Blackcurrant absolute · Vivid cassis, tart berries and crushed green leaves
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Black Currant Absolute is a luxurious aromatic material obtained from Ribes Nigrum, treasured in natural perfumery for its rich fruity, green, tart, and cassis-like aroma. This rare absolute offers a powerful and sophisticated berry profile with deep blackcurrant notes, leafy green facets, subtle floral nuances, and a slightly musky, wine-like depth.
Its aroma is vivid, elegant, and highly expressive: ripe black currant, tart berries, green leaves, cassis, soft floral sweetness, and a refined fruity acidity. Used in small amounts, Black Currant Absolute can bring natural fruitiness, depth, and complexity to floral perfumes, chypre accords, fruity-floral compositions, luxury body oils, solid perfumes, and botanical fragrance blends.
In perfumery, it is especially valued for creating realistic berry notes and adding a dark, juicy, green-fruity sophistication to Rose, Violet, Jasmine, Osmanthus, Citrus, Woods, Amber, Musk-style accords, and modern botanical perfumes.
Specifications
- Botanical name: Ribes nigrum L.
- Family: Grossulariaceae
- Material: Blackcurrant absolute
- Part listed in the existing product record: Buds; confirm with supplier
- Extraction listed in the existing product record: Solvent extraction
- Supplier-listed INCI: Ribes Nigrum (Black Currant) Bud Extract/Oil; confirm exact absolute nomenclature
- Appearance: Liquid
- Country of origin listed in the product record: United States
- Odour: Blackcurrant, cassis, tart berry, green leaves, soft floral and wine-like musk
The previous specification incorrectly included Sambucus, Boswellia and Lavandula; those unrelated botanicals have been removed from the tabs.
Aromatic Profile
Rich cassis and ripe blackcurrant with tart berry acidity, crushed green leaves, subtle floral sweetness and a refined wine-like, musky depth. Strong and highly expressive.
Composition & Formulation
No batch composition, residual-solvent result or verified maximum use level is supplied in the product copy.
- Use at low levels because the cassis profile is intense.
- Confirm exact plant part, extraction, residual solvents and allergens with the current COA/SDS.
- Set concentration from the actual supplier documentation, intended product category and applicable IFRA guidance rather than generic percentages.
Applications
- Fine fragrance and natural perfumery
- Fruity-floral and green-cassis compositions
- Chypre, rose, violet, jasmine, osmanthus, woods and amber accords
- Solid perfumes and fragranced body oils after category-specific safety review
Blending Direction
Works well with rose, violet leaf, jasmine, osmanthus, neroli, citrus, patchouli, vetiver, woods, labdanum, vanilla, tonka and ambrette.
Safety & Handling
- For professional fragrance formulation and external use only; do not ingest.
- Do not apply the undiluted absolute directly to skin.
- Patch test the finished formulation.
- Review the current COA, SDS, residual solvents, allergens and applicable IFRA guidance.
- Do not make skincare, antioxidant, UV-protection, antimicrobial or therapeutic claims without product-specific substantiation.
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