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Iris Butter — The Blue Gold of Perfumery

Florence, Tuscany, Italy & Grasse, France

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What Iris Butter — The Blue Gold of Perfumery is known for

The most expensive natural ingredient used in perfumery. Iris butter (or orris butter) is extracted from the rhizomes of Iris pallida and Iris germanica, grown primarily in Tuscany and Grasse. The…

Best for — 1,000 kg of rhizomes → 1 kg of butter. Dried for 3 years. $50,000-70,000/kg. The 'Blue Gold.'.

Grown and processed in Florence, Tuscany and Grasse, France.

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