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Birch
Mindelser om de røgede gløder fra et bål tilbyder birk et tæppe af varme med karakteristisk læderagtige toner. Birkebark er tjæreagtig, brændt læderagtige facetter, der blander sig lækkert i mange maskuline parfumer med trænoter, fougère og chypre. Birketjæreolie bruges almindeligvis i ruskinds- og lædergarvning.
Birk tilfører en duft en næsten primitiv, fortællende karakter - en tone, der minder om gammelt håndværk, røgede saunaer og bål under stjernerne. Den er en favorit blandt parfumører, der søger at give en parfume en utæmmet, rå dimension med en mørk, røget sjæl.
Røget, brændt træ, læder og tjære.
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Historie
The beautiful birch tree has a rather dark history: deriving from the Latin verb “batuere” (“to strike”), birch branches were traditionally used as whips to punish children. “Birching” has—rather unfortunately—been a common corporal punishment throughout our collective history. Through the Middles Ages, men would receive several strikes to their bare buttocks as punishment for petty crime.
Produktion
A broadleaved and deciduous hardwood tree, birch is most commonly processed across Russia and Northern Europe. To obtain essences suitable for perfumery, birch tar oil is extracted through a slow and destructive distillation process. Once the wood has been processed, the decadent birch essence is suitable for perfumery after dephonolization (alkaline processing).
