Benzoin Powder Resinoid Laos
Benzoin resinoid is woody, vanilla-like, sweet and creamy, it smells sort of like caramel when it starts to set. In the dry down, benzoin resinoid develops interesting cinnamic notes that can last a long time.
Benzoin is used in oriental accords or with floral raw materials such as rose or frangipani. Its cinnamic facet works well with raw materials with animalic and smoky notes, such as those of a tobacco accord.
Styrax tonkinensis is a large, birch-like tree that grows mainly on the high plateaus of northern Laos, Vietnam and Thailand. The resin extracted from this tree is commonly known as Benzoin Siam because it was transported through the port of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. Thailand was formerly known as the Kingdom of Siam before being renamed in 1948 after the dominant ethnic group, the Thais.
Styraxiculture (or the cultivation of Styrax tonkinensis) was developed to organise the supply chain. Once the seeds are planted in small plots, it takes seven years for them to grow into a tree mature enough to produce the desired quality of resin. To stimulate the secretion of the resin, harvesters tap the trees by making cuts in their trunks, usually in September. When the resin begins to flow from the tree it is white in colour, but then oxidises on contact with the air and the white colour changes to ivory to dark amber. The resin is generally harvested between January and May. After harvesting, the benzoin tears are dried, sorted by size, cleaned and stored.
They are then processed at our factory into resinoid by solvent extraction.
The benzoin of Siam is the most important active principle of the paper of Arménie, used to cleanse the interiors.
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