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Alkemia Perfumes
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Saw Palmetto
Note Profile
About
Green palm frond with an oily berry
Scent Profile
Saw palmetto smells like crushed palm fronds, fresh and green but not sweet. An oily, waxy depth sits under the green, with a faintly rancid edge from the berries. A light herbal tone, a hint of fruit and a faint dry wood complete a dusty, scrubland impression.
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Breadthmedium
EnvelopeHeart · ~5h lasting
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
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Origin
Saw palmetto is Serenoa repens, a low palm of the south-east United States. No perfumery-grade extract exists. The only extract is a CO2 oil of the berries made for supplements. In perfume the note is a reconstructed accord.
Usage in Perfumery
Perfumers build it as a green, subtropical palm accord for the heart. The frond gives green freshness and the berry gives a fatty, waxy depth. It reads as dry scrubland rather than beach.
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Perfumes featuring Saw Palmetto
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