BRAN

Bran brings a cereal character to perfume, with dry hay and softly sweet dried-fruit nuances. A documented wheat-bran absolute also suggests apricot and honey, so the impression can be rounded and fruity as well as grain-like. It can give a gourmand composition a cereal texture or introduce a softer contrast to dry woods. Think of the outer grain and its warm, fruity facets rather than a fully formed cake or biscuit accord.

Bran is the fiber-rich outer part of a cereal kernel. For its wheat-bran absolute, IFF LMR uses Triticum aestivum and documents solvent extraction followed by purification with alcohol. This is one established fragrance material behind the idea of bran; a note listing alone does not specify the extract or recipe used in a finished perfume.