# Cardamom Absolute

Source: https://dupehacking.com/ingredients/cardamom-absolute
CAS: 8000-66-6



Cardamom Absolute is a rich and long lasting extraction from green cardamom pods harvested in Guatemala. It has a similar profile to the essential oil but is much more intense. Despite being an absolute, it has a rather interesting and vibrant top note presence with a clear ginger nuance making it very useful from top to bottom as a replacer or booster for the oil. Owing to the high cost we offer this pure and diluted to 10% in natural triethyl citrate, an odourless extract from citrus. Interpreting Arctander: “Cardamom Oil has been used in perfumery for centuries, first written about in 1540 by Valerius Cordus. The oil is pale yellow to light brown and darkens in sunlight. Its scent starts … — Fraterworks

## How the catalogue uses it
- Appears in 31 formulas.
- Dose: 0.03% to 6.17%, average 0.48%.
- Most at home in: Woody Aromatic, Aromatic Spicy, Oriental Floral.
- Usually weighed alongside: Iso E Super, Ambroxan, Hedione, Norlimbanol, Cedramber, Coumarin.


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