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Iris Butter — The Blue Gold of Perfumery
Florence, Tuscany, Italy & Grasse, France
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 pro.
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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