Alumroot

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Alumroot (Heuchera) is interpreted in perfumery as a cool, rooty-earth note with a distinctly mineral, slightly metallic “alum” snap; it suggests damp forest floor, stone dust, and dry, tannic greenery, with a restrained herbal bitterness rather than overt sweetness. Perfumers use it as a grounding, textural accent in woody, chypre, and fougère compositions, where it adds dryness, mineral clarity, and quiet depth; it blends well with oakmoss, vetiver, patchouli, cedar, iris, conifers, and incense to sharpen structure and evoke a shaded woodland atmosphere.

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