"When developing new fragrant flower extracts to be used in fine fragrance compounding, one must consider some parameters which affect the cost and hence, ultimately, the selling price of such new natural raw materials. Two key parameters are the cost of the starting material (fresh flowers) and the extraction yield. For example, the cost of Tahitian tiare´ flowers which are involved in the production of 1 kg of absolute oil from hexane concrete is ca. E 26,000 . In the (hypothetical) case of Hawaian frangipani, the cost of flowers necessary to produce 1 kg of absolute oil from HFC134a concrete would be ca. E 19,000 . As a result, regardless of the olfactory value of a new flower extract, such cost burdens make any commercial application unrealistic."
Daniel Joulain - Robertet (in CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY – Vol. 5 (2008), page 906)
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