Saffron
Crocus Sativus Linnaeus;
Group: SPECIES
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Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world today. Depending on the quality, a kilogram of saffron can easily cost between 3,000-14,000 euros. So it's not called "red gold" for nothing, but don't worry, you can still enjoy saffron in perfumes for a lower price.
Saffron has a complex olfactory profile: sweet, honeyed and hay-like scent that can also have a slightly earthy, rubbery, leathery note that comes from the chemical compounds picrocrocin and safranal.
Safranal is an organic compound isolated from saffron, the spice made from the stigmas of crocus flowers (Crocus sativus)
The Red Gold
The saffron crocus is a member of the Iridaceae family. Saffron is made from the dried stigmas of Crocus sativus, which contains the scent, color, and flavor. The flowers must be picked and dried one by one by hand. 1 kilo of dried saffron requires 150,000 flowers, which corresponds to about 2,000 m2 of saffron plants. This labor-intensive process makes saffron the most expensive spice in the world, also known as "red gold". Depending on the quality, a kilo of saffron costs between 3,000 and 14,000 euros.
Did you know that …
Iran is the world's largest saffron producer with a market share of 90%.
The ingredient crocine gives it the beautiful golden yellow color of saffron.
Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. As such, it is often sold in the gram odor profileodor profileor even milligram range.
Odor profile...
A refined note from the stamens of Crocus sativus, a small flower of the iris family known since ancient times.
It has a bittersweet, leathery, soft and intimate odor profile with earthy base notes.
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