Pepper!

[Guest guest]

My dream came true - and I finally have all the peppers I ever wanted

(except, perhaps, black pepper absolute): Pink, Green and White!

I got the pink from Aftelier - it's an absolute, fresh and slightly

fruity, and somehow smells like a perfect aphrodisiac. I haven't

worked with it yet, but it has a lot of potential to add a vibrant

unusualy spicy edge to florals and orientals. It has some fruity berry

like quality to it too, although this might be just because it's pink!

The green pepper is almost citrus or piney, but not quite. It's sharp

and spicy but more on the cool side (where as the black is warm and

dry). I envision it in a green and citrus perfume, adding an unusual

sparkle to the top.

The White Pepper is perhaps my most favourite of all the three stages

of ripeness from this species (I love Pink Pepper the most of all

pepers though). It is surprisingly soft, sweet and almost floral. I

think it will be gorgeous with tuberose and in white florals!

Though all are different version of the same thing - they are quite

different. At the same time, I think if I won't be able to source them

out I could fall back on the widely available black pepper. Nothing

could substitute pink pepper though - it's very different.

The white and green I got from New Direction Aromatics. It's the first

time I ordered from them, and I am overall happy with the service

(except for the fact that their " sample size " is 5ml, and when I asked

for samples things got complicated as you may imagine - I didn't want

to pay $120 for a sample of champaca, so I decided to skip the whole

" sample " thing, and wait to see what is the quality of what I ordered

before taking any more risks. I am happy with what they sent me.

Ayala