In short
Immortelle absolute is extracted from the flowers of Helichrysum italicum. It combines caramel-honey sweetness with dry hay and tobacco.
What Immortelle Absolute smells like
Fraterworks describes immortelle absolute as intense caramel-honey sweetness balanced by dry herbaceous hay and tobacco. Eden Botanicals finds it herbaceous, hay-like and honeyed with a smoky tobacco and musk-like undertone. A Charabot quality is listed as tobacco, spicy, ambery and aromatic. IFF describes Balkan flowers dried and taken to Grasse to be made into concrete and absolute.
- Leading note
- Honey
- Clear facets
- Hay, tobacco
- Supporting facets
- Caramel
- Faint facets
- Smoky
- Character
- Warm, rich
What makes Immortelle Absolute distinctive
Honey and hay in one natural, warmer and sweeter than the curry-like oil.
How Immortelle Absolute is used
Used in ambery, tobacco and gourmand accords for a honeyed, hay-like warmth.
Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend).
How Immortelle Absolute differs from similar materials
- Helichrysum Oil
- Helichrysum oil is the distilled, curry-like herbaceous oil; the absolute is honey and caramel with hay and tobacco.
Each difference compares the published descriptions of the two materials. Smell varies with grade, supplier and dilution; compare them side by side on blotters before substituting one for another.
Formulation considerations
No CAS number specific to the absolute could be confirmed, so none is given.
Identity and classification
- Type
- Absolute
- Origin
- Natural
- Odour family
- Aromatic / Gourmand
- Note position
- Heart to base note
- Physical form at room temperature
- Viscous liquid
- Also known as
- Helichrysum absolute
- Botanical source
- Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G.Don
No CAS number is shown: suppliers use different identifiers for this material, and none could be confirmed as its own.
Safety and compliance
This page is general information, not a safety assessment or a specification. Confirm identity, composition, IFRA status and allergen content from your supplier's documents for the lot you hold.
Materials it works with
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Helichrysum Oil
Essential oil · Aromatic / Gourmand — honey, hay, curry, fruity
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Hay Absolute
Absolute · Green / Gourmand — hay, coumarinic, tobacco, herbal
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Tobacco Absolute
Absolute · Leather / Gourmand — tobacco, honey, hay, leathery
Used in formulas and accords
Used in 8 published formulas
Immortelle Absolute is an ingredient in 5 perfume formulas and 3 accords in the Formula & Accord Library.
Community formulas
RUŌOD House Originals
Original compositions by RUŌOD House.
Further reading
Questions about Immortelle Absolute
Is Immortelle Absolute natural or synthetic?
Immortelle Absolute is natural. It is a concentrated extract obtained from plant material with a solvent, then washed with ethanol to remove the waxes.
Which published formulas use Immortelle Absolute?
Immortelle Absolute is used in 8 published formulas in the RUŌOD Lab Formula & Accord Library, including Beeswax Throne, Cured Leaf and Dried Fruits Accord. Each is listed with a link under "Used in formulas and accords" on this page.
Sources
- Fraterworks — Immortelle Absolute — distributor's description.
- Eden Botanicals — Immortelle Absolute — distributor's description.
- Perflavory (The Good Scents Company) — helichrysum italicum absolute — odour database.
- Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 24 October 2026. Evidence: more than one published description. Classification and the short description: revision 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.