Styrax (or more correctly storax) is a sweet and delicate material which blends well with the other classic perfumery resins; it works well as a fixative (especially for iris notes). Styrax is most commonly found as a resinoid or absolute, but this more rare hexane free essential oil is a beautiful material for florals, particularly delicates ones such as muguet. Felt more in the top notes but still a classic resinous dry down, this is really quite a valuable material at a very good price. The proper naming conventions for all balsams is: Crude Balsam → Steam Distillation → Essential Oil [this product]Crude Balsam → Non-Ethanol Solvent Extraction → ResinoidCrude Balsam → Ethanol Extraction → Resin Absolute [and sometimes resinoid] While a resin absolute is often wrongly referred to simply as an "absolute", the correct use of that term within the balsams category is for an alcohol extraction of a previously extracted resinoid (usually produced with hexane or other non-alcohol solvent).Resinoid → Alcohol Extraction → Absolute NOTE: This is IFRA compliant styrax oil Country of Origin: HondurasPart: Tree exudateMethod of production: Steam distillation at source
