Iris absolute requires three years of aging before extraction. The rhizomes must dry, oxidize, and develop their characteristic powdery elegance. This patience creates one of perfumery's most expensive and ethereal materials. Orris butter (the fatty extract) costs more than gold per gram, making iris the ultimate connoisseur's note.
Powdery, cool, violet-like but drier and more mineral. Iris has an almost metallic, suede-like quality — cool and smooth rather than warm and sweet. It's the olfactory equivalent of touching cool marble or wearing a perfectly tailored cashmere coat.
Iris signals refined elegance and intellectual beauty. It's the opposite of instant gratification — its beauty reveals itself slowly, rewarding patience and attention. Wearing iris says you appreciate what's difficult to obtain and understand.