COUNTRY:
Name
Black peppercorn
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Latin
Piper nigrum
Level
Notes
Origin
Malabar coast, India
About
Black peppercorn is a perfumers ingredient, used by Ffern across 3 fragrances. It is typically considered to be a Mid note. You can view our full ingredient directory here.
Description
Black peppercorn is a perennial climbing vine, native to the Indian Malabar coast. The pepper that grows here has an earthier, more autumnal feel that the popular Madagascan variety. The reddening corn clusters are picked when ripe and sun dried for three days before hydrodistillation. The resulting essential oil has a fresh, spicy smell with a woody accent. Pepper has been valued throughout the centuries, and in the Middle Ages earnt the name of 'black gold' due to its high cost.
Fragrances
