The stalk of bamboo - it is nothing else than the lignified straw, up to 40 m in diameter and 30 cm. However, there are other bamboos - plants that grow as "normal" grass form thickets and lignified; usually they rarely grow up to one meter.
Now there are about 600 species of bamboo, growing mainly in the tropics and subtropics.
Interestingly, some species of bamboo bloom rarely - once in a hundred years or even less. Even growing up in the lower tier of the forest saz or undersized bamboo blooms once in 20 years.
If the plant is "survive" until flowering, then immediately after it is killed, as during this period it spends the last reserves of energy. As a rule, the flowering period covers a large area, which grows bamboo. In this case, the subsequent flowering of death of plants often leads to the complete disappearance of bamboo in the area. Such a case, for example, occurred in Europe in the 90s of the last century, where bamboo is cultivated as a garden plant. It should be noted that regular pruning can prevent flowering and the subsequent death of the plant.
In perfumery bamboo is valued for its light wood-herbal smell. Notes of bamboo are often found in Japanese perfume, which is famous for soft, almost imperceptible smells. They need to listen attentively, guess fragrant hints, think through what the author meant. Bamboo is not one of those ingredients that can "strangle" bright tone or pretentiousness. He is modest, minimalist, invisible.
Bamboo can exist as monoaromata and complement other notes.
Surrounded by notes of green tea bamboo to create a refreshing, perfect for summer composition (for example, as in the aroma of Green Tea Revitalize (Elizabeth Arden)). Calms and adjusts to philosophical mood Zen (Shiseido), which is surrounded by bamboo modest floral notes.
The aroma Mintea (Masaki Matsushima), established in accordance with the best Japanese traditions, bamboo combined with notes of lotus, watermelon, green lemon and other fresh and cool notes.
The aroma L`eau de Kyoto (Kusado) tells the whole fragrant story: during one of his trips to Hokkaido, designer Midori Ito (Midori Yto) lucky enough to watch a stunner: bamboo thicket in the moonlight. Everything seemed magical, just heavenly. And a week later the idea of the future of the perfume creation. The shape of the bottle resembles a slender stalk of the most elegant of the plants, and the package is decorated with the image of bamboo thickets, moonlit. Top notes of lemon, bergamot, green notes. Median notes of rose, jasmine, ylang-ylang, violet, galbanum, plum. Lower notes of amber, musk, sandalwood and vetiver.
Other examples of aromas with notes of bamboo:
Omnia Crystalline (Bvlgari)
Kenzo Ki Energisant
Annayake pour Lui (Annayake)
Hei (Alfred Sung)
and many others.
Choosing a fragrance with bamboo, you can be confident that clean, cool, soft and sensual notes of this beautiful plant is guaranteed!