Fleur de Cassie Perfumery Base — Acacia farnesiana | Golden Mimosa-Violet Accord

Part of our Professional Perfumers Range — curated for the discerning natural perfumer seeking exceptional depth and rarity.

Fleur de Cassie — The Ancient Art of Acacia in a Bottle

Cassie — the perfumery name for the flowers of Acacia farnesiana — is one of the oldest and most celebrated floral materials in the history of fine fragrance. Before the advent of modern chemistry, cassie absolute was among the most treasured ingredients available to the perfumer: a complex, honeyed, violet-like floral with a distinctively creamy, anisic sweetness that made it uniquely valuable as a nuancer, a modifier, and a fragrance foundation in its own right. The great De Laire house, whose classical bases defined much of 19th and early 20th century perfumery, produced their legendary Fleur de Cassie as a cornerstone of the classical French perfumery canon.

This is a recreation of that tradition — a richly formulated base built around natural oils including Madagascan vanilla, French mimosa, and orris butter, and assembled with a deep understanding of what cassie brings to a composition. The result is a pale yellow to green liquid of considerable complexity, as rewarding at sub-1% as a nuancer as it is generous and luxurious when used more liberally.

Scent Profile

The opening is distinctly floral with a sweet, slightly powdery violet-like quality — the characteristic cassie signature that made this material so prized in classical perfumery. As it develops, warm anisic facets emerge alongside creamy nuances from the vanilla and orris components, giving the composition a rounded, comforting depth that bridges floral and gourmand territory with remarkable ease. The drydown is long and soft — a warm, anisic creaminess that lingers and integrates beautifully into the surrounding composition.

At low concentrations it is a quiet but transformative nuancer, adding volume and complexity that is felt rather than explicitly heard. At higher concentrations it becomes the unmistakable centrepiece of a deeply classical floral accord.

Perfumery Applications

Fleur de Cassie is one of the great classical building blocks in natural perfumery — essential for any perfumer working in the tradition of the French golden age, and equally indispensable in modern compositions where its unusual violet-anisic character adds a dimension unavailable from any other single material.

It enhances and adds complexity to violet and iris compositions with outstanding naturalness, and blends beautifully with gourmand and fruit notes due to its creamy anisic drydown. It is a wonderful blender alongside mimosa and cherry notes, and a natural pairing with costus, bergamot, heliotrope, and classic musks. IFRA 51 permits up to 21.99% in a finished product (Category 4) — a generous allowance that allows significant overdosing for those seeking an unmistakably cassie-forward composition.

Blending Suggestions

Pairs beautifully with violet absolute, iris, mimosa, heliotrope, osmanthus, cherry, bergamot, rose absolute, jasmine, costus, labdanum, oakmoss, and soft musks. Particularly rewarding in violet-iris compositions where its unique anisic sweetness deepens the accord with authentic classical character.

Technical Details

• Base Name: Fleur de Cassie
• Botanical Reference: Acacia farnesiana (cassie flower)
• Key Ingredients: Natural oils, Madagascan vanilla, French mimosa, orris butter
• Classification: Heart note
• Appearance: Pale yellow to green liquid
• Odour Family: Floral / Anisic / Violet / Creamy
• IFRA 51: 21.99% in finished product (Category 4)
• Type: Perfumery base — classical De Laire formulation

Packaging

1ml sample supplied in a 5ml clear flint glass bottle. 5ml, 10ml and 30ml supplied in amber glass bottles — all with inbuilt droppers and tamper evident caps.

Safety Information

For external use only. Avoid contact with eyes and sensitive areas. Not suitable for use on babies, children, pets or broken skin. Avoid use during pregnancy or whilst nursing. Always dilute properly and perform a patch test before first use.

Sample Policy

We recommend purchasing a 1ml sample first before committing to larger quantities. Please note that no refunds can be offered on opened items.

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