In short
Linden blossom absolute is extracted from the flowers of the linden, or lime, tree (Tilia species). It has a honeyed, green and hay-like floral odour.
What Linden Blossom Absolute smells like
Linden blossom absolute is described as honeyed, green and tea-like, with hay as a supporting note. A fragrance-ingredient database gives honey, hay and lemon; a supplier an almost edible honey sweetness with a distinctive citrus-green freshness, used to add golden warmth to white florals; a glossary honeyed, green and narcotically sweet with a tea-like character. Hay appears mainly in the drydown. The sources are few and mostly commercial.
- Leading note
- Green honey
- Supporting facets
- Citrus-green, tea
- Faint facets
- Hay
- Character
- Soft, airy, sweet, fresh
What makes Linden Blossom Absolute distinctive
A fresh honey: greener and lighter than the honey esters, with lemon and tea where they have wax and animal.
How Linden Blossom Absolute is used
Used to add a golden, honeyed warmth to white florals and in floral, citrus and linden compositions.
Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend).
How Linden Blossom Absolute differs from similar materials
- Phenylacetic Acid
- Phenylacetic acid is heavy, animalic honey; linden is a green, citrus-tea honey with a soft hay drydown.
- Mimosa Absolute
- Mimosa is powdery and violet-like, with a green-woody side; linden is greener honey, with lemon and tea.
- Farnesol
- Farnesol is the soft green-floral linden note alone; the absolute is honeyed, citrus-green and tea-like.
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.
Identity and classification
- Type
- Absolute
- Origin
- Natural
- Odour family
- Floral / Green
- Note position
- Heart note
- Physical form at room temperature
- Viscous liquid
- Also known as
- Lime blossom absolute, Tilleul absolute
- Botanical source
- Tilia cordata
No CAS number is shown: suppliers use different identifiers for this material, and none could be confirmed as its own.
Safety and compliance
No safety data sheet or hazard classification for linden blossom absolute was found published; The Good Scents Company lists none for the absolute. Products sold as linden blossom fragrance are compounded fragrances with their own, different classifications. That is an absence of published data, not evidence of safety.
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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Methyl Phenylacetate
Aroma chemical · Floral / Gourmand — honey, sweet, floral, musky
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Hedione
Aroma chemical · Floral / Citrus — jasmine, transparent, citrus, airy
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Farnesol
Aroma chemical · Floral / Green — floral, linden, green, mild
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Linalool
Aroma chemical · Floral / Citrus — floral, fresh, woody, citrus
Used in formulas and accords
Used in 2 published formulas
Linden Blossom Absolute is an ingredient in 2 perfume formulas in the Formula & Accord Library.
RUŌOD House Originals
Original compositions by RUŌOD House.
Further reading
Questions about Linden Blossom Absolute
Is Linden Blossom Absolute natural or synthetic?
Linden Blossom 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 Linden Blossom Absolute?
Linden Blossom Absolute is used in 2 published formulas in the RUŌOD Lab Formula & Accord Library: Beeswax Throne and Linden Afternoon. Each is listed with a link under "Used in formulas and accords" on this page.
Sources
- Premiere Peau — Lime (linden) blossom — published perfumery reference.
- Fraterworks — linden blossom absolute — distributor's description.
- The Scent Base — Lime linden blossom — published perfumery reference.
- Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 26 October 2026. Evidence: more than one published description. Classification and the short description: revision 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.