Bay Rum

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About

Bay rum is distilled from the leaves of Pimenta racemosa, the West Indian bay tree of the Caribbean. It is not the culinary bay laurel. The name comes from the old method of distilling the leaves with rum. It smells warm, sweetly spicy and clove-like, with a green herbal top and a dry woody finish. It is the classic barbershop and aftershave note.

Scent Profile

Warm and sweetly spicy, clove-like from its eugenol, with a green herbal top and a light citrus lift. A rum-like boozy warmth sits under the spice. It settles soft and dry-woody, with a faint balsamic sweetness that sets it apart from clove itself.

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Family Spicy, Green & Aromatic

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Materials That Can Make This Note

Perfumers can make Bay Rum from this natural extract.

Natural extract Bay leaf, West Indian, oil

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Origin

Distilled from the leaves of Pimenta racemosa, the West Indian bay tree of the Caribbean - not the culinary bay laurel, which is a different family. Eugenol dominates. The name records the traditional preparation, in which the leaves were distilled with rum.