champaca

Sacred flowers such as champaca, rose, saffron, bakula, and others have been hydrodistilled into sandalwood oil with the use of degs for perhaps five thousand years.

Straight From the Deg Marina Geigert 2009

Sacred flowers such as champaca, rose, saffron, bakula, and others have been hydrodistilled into sandalwood oil with the use of degs for perhaps five thousand years.

Archive 2009-05-01 Marina Geigert 2009

So I will stick to the traditional jasmine, rose, orange blossom, tuberose et al for now, and indulge in exotic scents such as champaca, osmanthus, boronia, kewda and other aromas that I wasn’t exposed to until I became a perfumer.

Archive 2006-05-01 Ayala Sender 2006

I have champaca essence from a different purveyor and it is narcotic, sweet and lush, but nothing at all like the one I got yesterday.

Tom Ford Champaca Absolute: Perfume Review Marina Geigert 2009

I love champaca absolute but have never bought any to play with because it's so...complex.

Tom Ford Champaca Absolute: Perfume Review Marina Geigert 2009

But I suppose that what it shows is that you can take champaca out of the wild but you can't take the wild out of champaca.

Tom Ford Champaca Absolute: Perfume Review Marina Geigert 2009

It truly is a gorgeous, couture version of champaca.

Tom Ford Champaca Absolute: Perfume Review Marina Geigert 2009

But I suppose that what it shows is that you can take champaca out of the wild but you can't take the wild out of champaca.

Archive 2009-03-01 Marina Geigert 2009

I just received a sample of champaca essence from a supplier, and was shocked at its wonderfully wild, raggedly complex edge and a lurking filthiness under the surface.

Tom Ford Champaca Absolute: Perfume Review Marina Geigert 2009

I suspect that what gives the silken blend of champaca, jasmine and orchids that ragged, dry, windswept edge is the broom note in Beige, it was hawthorn.

Tom Ford Champaca Absolute: Perfume Review Marina Geigert 2009