Millésime Impérial* Type Formula Research StudySalt Terrace · GA-020116
CitrusAquaticWoodyUnisexTotal Materials 49
The sparkle of freshly squeezed lemon and bergamot, the salt carried on a sea breeze and the cool green of blackcurrant leaf, an iris glimpsed clearly between them, and a golden wood and clean musk that last. A salty citrus woody, like an afternoon by the sea as the sun begins to sink.
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Description
What you’ll learn from this formula
How a small block can name a scent
a salty sea air laid over a broad golden wood
Main skill
The power of traces
People remember this kind of scent as a salty sea, yet in this formula the sea and green fruit block is only about a sixtieth. The body of the scent is built by a broad golden wood of about a third, and a single transparent woody material alone carries about a seventh of the formula. That is the lesson: the sea reads most clearly when a very small amount is scattered like air, and a small texture laid over a large base becomes the name of the scent.
Supporting skill
Powdery softness
How to draw the powdery light of iris: most of the iris impression is drawn by three violet- and iris-like materials making up about a twenty-third of the formula, while the perfumer’s secret, real iris root, is only about a thousandth. That single drop lays the depth of earth and root over the powdery light, turning a painted iris into the memory of a living flower.
Supporting skill
Tying off the trail
How to keep the sunlight for a long time: the bright citrus, about a fifth of the formula, fades quickly, but beneath it a wood of about a third and a clean musk and amber of about a quarter lay down a golden base, so the brightness carries into the drydown. The largest share of the musks, about a seventeenth of the formula, is one clean musk with a floral glow, and a salt-touched amber material leaves a warmth like seaside rocks at the end.
Key materials
DihydromyrcenolGalaxolideIso E SuperMethyl cedryl ketoneMethyl dihydrojasmonate (Hedione)
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About
| Product | Digital fragrance formula (file only) |
|---|---|
| Total PDF Pages | 36 pages (English edition) |
| Type | Eau de Parfum formula |
| GrassAccord Sfumino | |
| Olfactive Family | Woody · Citrus |
| Main accords | Citrus · Aquatic · Woody |
| Gender | Unisex |
| Total Materials | 49 |
| Pyramid | Top / Middle / Base |
| Top Notes | Lemon, Bergamot, Blackcurrant, Violet Leaf |
| Middle Notes | Salty Sea Air, Iris |
| Base Notes | Golden Woods, Clean Musk, Amber |
| Recommended Usage | 10% in perfumer's alcohol |
| Delivery | PDF download link by email, minutes after payment |
| SKU | GA-020116-A-1 |
FAQ
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Beyond the formula: why the scent becomes what it is.
01Cheaper formulas exist. What makes GrassAccord’s different?
The same name does not mean the same scent.
A formula is a set of numbers. Whether those numbers become a good scent can only be known by making it. That is why formulas with the same name can differ widely in quality depending on who made them.
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You can find numbers for less elsewhere. What we give you is the assurance that these numbers become a real scent, and a Research Study that explains why.
02What is different after I buy?
We do not hand you a formula and walk away. We stay with you until the scent is finished.
Perfumery is more than weighing what is on the page. A material may be new to you, or the scent may drift while it matures. For those moments, you will not be on your own.
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This formula’s Research Study: 36 pages
03What is GrassAccord Sfumino?
The layers you cannot smell shape the texture of a fragrance.
GrassAccord Sfumino is our perfumer’s technique. Materials at 0.02% or less, too little to be smelled on their own, are laid in several layers. Together they soften the seams between accords, round off sharp edges and gently change the character of the dry-down.
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04If GrassAccord is affiliated with a perfumery business, isn’t selling these formulas giving away its core craft?
What we sell is not the whole of our craft, but a door into it.
The niche perfume formulas we work on professionally are far more intricate and creative than these. A Type formula is a study document, made so you can learn the principles of perfumery through a well-known scent.
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05Will it smell exactly like the original perfume?
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