Sesame SFE Absolute

What Sesame SFE Absolute smells like

Fraterworks describes Sesame SFE Absolute as toasted bread and cereal with roasted hazelnut and coffee-like notes over a balsamic woody undertone. Perfumer Supply House sells it as Firmenich product 982089, with the maker's safety and allergen documents. The Good Scents Company lists the material. Firmenich's description, as resold, says it boosts gourmand and warm notes.

Leading note

Toasted sesame

Clear facets

Nutty

Supporting facets

Coffee, balsamic

Character

Warm, roasted

• toasted
• nutty
• roasted
• balsamic

What makes Sesame SFE Absolute distinctive

Toasted sesame: bread-crust and hazelnut rather than sweet.

Where the descriptions disagree: Recommended dose levels differ widely between sources.

How Sesame SFE Absolute is used

Used to boost gourmand and warm notes in nutty, roasted and woody compositions.

Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend).

Formulation considerations

Raw sesame is nearly odourless; the roasted character comes from toasting before extraction. Follow the maker's SDS.

Identity and classification

Type

CO2 extract

Origin

Natural

Odour family

Gourmand / Woody

Note position

Heart to base note

Physical form at room temperature

Viscous liquid

Also known as

Sesame SFE Abs

Botanical source

Sesamum indicum

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

• Cacao Absolute

  Absolute · Gourmand — chocolate, cocoa, roasted, bitter

• Vanillin

  Aroma chemical · Gourmand / Amber — vanilla, sweet, creamy

• 2-Ethyl-3,5(6)-dimethylpyrazine

  Aroma chemical · Gourmand — nutty, roasted, cocoa, hazelnut

Used in formulas and accords

Not currently used in any published formula.

The Formula & Accord Library lists Sesame SFE Absolute here as soon as a published formula, accord or base uses it.

Further reading

• Building a Gourmand Accord: Vanilla, Caramel and Beyond

  The materials of gourmand perfume — vanillin, ethyl maltol, coumarin, lactones, roasted notes — how to keep them wearable, and color and crystal problems.

Questions about Sesame SFE Absolute

Sources

• Fraterworks — Sesame SFE Absolute — distributor's description.
• Perfumer Supply House — Sesame SFE (Firmenich) — distributor's description.
• The Good Scents Company — sesame SFE absolute — odour database.
• Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 4 November 2026. Evidence: more than one published description. Classification and the short description: revision 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.