Choya Ral

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Dry, charred smoke with a leathery grip and a sweet resinous warmth under it.

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Choya Ral smells of dry, charred smoke with a real leathery grip. Under the smoke sits a sweet, balsamic amber warmth. A dry wood note and a stony, mineral edge run through it. It is warmer, sweeter and less tarry than birch tar or cade.

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Breadthmedium

EnvelopeBase · ~28h lasting

Family Woody & Earthy, Amber · Musk · Leather

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Origin

A dry-distillation (pyrolysis) oil from India, made from the resin of the sal tree (Shorea robusta). The resin is sealed in a clay pot, called a choya, and heated until it chars. The smoke is condensed and collected. It is one of three choya materials made this way: choya nakh from seashells, choya loban from frankincense resin, and choya ral from sal resin. One perfumery glossary says sandalwood heartwood, but two suppliers and the INCI name say sal resin.

Usage in Perfumery

A base-note smoke and leather material used in small amounts. It gives the smoky backbone of traditional Indian attars such as shamama and hina. It also sits in leather accords and incense and amber compositions. It gives smoke and leather with less tar and phenolic harshness than birch tar or cade.