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• Oud – is one of the most expensive perfume components in the world, with a rich and elegant scent. It is acquired from Asian trees of the Aquilaria genus, with their valuable resin producing timber called agar. In the natural environment, not many trees allow the production of oud, since the resin is created only on infected or injured tree trunks and branches. Over 30 kg of agar need to be distilled per 20 ml of oud and in order to obtain 20 ml of the valuable oil. Beautiful scent, low availability and the difficulty of gathering, make oud’s prices extremely high. Its average price is 50 000 USD per kg.
• Vanilla – the scent of real vanilla is a composition of circa two hundred aromatic substances. Only in such a form it is added to the most famous, branded products. A standard of the perfume industry is to use synthetic
  substitutes, since vanilla flowers open only for one day and can be pollinated only by certain hummingbirds or bees equipped with a proboscis and found only in Mexico. In some regions, where vanilla plantations are abundant, the flowers are pollinated by hand. The women involved in this process pollinate up to 2000 flowers
  a day. For three months they transfer pollen from one vanilla flower onto another. After pollination, the fruit matures for 4-9 months.
• Jasmine – industry. Its fragrance is composed of over 100 scent components. In order to obtain one kilogram of the extract, circa 200 kilograms of flowers need to be used. Each flower needs to be collected manually, hence the high cost of oil acquisition.
• Cistus – its aromatic resin called labdanum was used as a medicine and a component of perfumes and incense already in the 4th century BC. Its profound balsamic-amber fragrance is still an ingredient of classic perfumes, including the products of the most expensive brands.
• Amber – is a fossil resin of coniferous trees. It is a sought after and noble raw material, which matures for years and even centuries, inside the earth or in sea water. Its two precious varieties: yellow and white, are used to create fragrance compositions.
• Balsamic notes – raw ingredients of resin and balsamic origin are some of the oldest perfume components and usually are part of the fragrances of the oriental character. They provide the compositions with volatility, originality and exclusive depth. They come from tree bark in the form of crystallized resin “tears”.
• Black musk – is a fascinating scent, produced from Ambrette seeds, which provide a sweet, heavy, flowery scent, similar to musk. It is sensual, strong, dark and heavy. Ideal for both, women and men. It is considered an aphrodisiac. Its aroma lasts for a very long time.