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post #1 of 11
7/4/09 at 12:01pm
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Compiled from the Note Identification Project thread:

Opoponax, Kenya, Soma Luna, tinctured Nutty, smooth, old wood aroma.

Opoponax - I find Les Nereides Imperial Opoponax to have a very soft resinous quality. Opoponax is the star of the show, but I detect a heavy dose of benzoin in it also.
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post #2 of 11
8/7/09 at 12:17am
Cross posting: Favorite Opoponax?
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post #3 of 11
8/7/09 at 12:52am
Having never researched opoponax I decided to look into it a bit. According to the internet, opoponax is frequently referred to "sweet myrrh" due to it's dual association with it's more famous sibling in the resin family and similar odor.

Here's a handful of links I found related to the use of opoponax in perfumery, rather than traditional medicine.

http://www.bojensen.net/EssentialOil...tialOils22.htm
http://www.scents-of-earth.com/opoponax.html
http://www.naturesnexus.org/componen...rticle/208.pdf
http://www.cropwatch.org/Opoponax%20...rom%20IFRA.pdf
http://incensemaking.com/monographs/opoponax.htm

And be sure to check out scentemental's excellent contribution here: http://community.basenotes.net/showt...light=Opoponax
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post #4 of 11
8/7/09 at 6:05am
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Thanks, DomanCC! The last thread you posted also has good info about labdanum, so I'll scurry over and put it there too
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post #5 of 11
10/8/10 at 5:00pm
This always keeps me wondering what does Oppoponax Smell like and would love to
have an full detail of the scent thanks .
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post #6 of 11
1/13/11 at 4:57pm
I dislike the opoponax eo I have , it is really strange, but the abs I love.. it is treakly, balsamic, benzoiny/vanilliary and very toffee like,and a touch of jammy fruit, so different to the eo i have .
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post #7 of 11
1/27/12 at 11:27am
Opoponax - I have described this already in another thread. A smell that could be pushed to create a diesel/plastic/mechanic's workshop sort of smell. Or it could be pushed in a totally different direction and could give depth to any perfume based on blackcurrants. If this was a person it would be some kind of male Jazz musician in his 50's, based in New Orleans that has an interest in Voodoo. He also sells illegal rum, brandy, and whiskey on the side.
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post #8 of 11
7/15/12 at 2:16pm
I have the eo, and it is quite strong. I dilute it to 5%. It is a very odd, sweet smell, nothing like myrrh imho. I use it in a base I have concocted to help bolster my base notes.
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post #9 of 11
11/5/12 at 10:48pm
Commiphora opoponax - Somalia, hard resin.

Dark toffee coloured chunks looking like petrified wood. Burnt toffee and smouldering tyres, slight backnote of sulfur. The apocalypse.
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post #10 of 11
1/26/13 at 1:26pm
i agree the most with ClaraAus

great examples of opoponax are Jean Patou Chaldee - which is more powdery exampleand modern one Tawaf...in modern Opium i get it totally different like sweet myrrh,
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post #11 of 11
3/13/13 at 4:39pm
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Originally Posted by Ceridwen View Post

If this was a person it would be some kind of male Jazz musician in his 50's, based in New Orleans that has an interest in Voodoo. He also sells illegal rum, brandy, and whiskey on the side.

Now that's an image!
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