ANGELENO PLUM ABSOLUTE

Cured Organic Angeleno Plum · Eight-Year Extraction · F/W 2026

The dark skin of autumn. The flesh beneath it.

Angeleno is a late-season plum, a fruit whose firm flesh and dark exterior make it particularly interesting for curing and extraction.

Plum possesses an aromatic architecture that extends far beyond the familiar sweetness of its juice.

There is the taut, acidic brightness of flesh near the skin; the darker impression of fully ripened pulp; the faint green character of the fruit's surface; and the deeper, almost wine-like associations that can emerge as plum passes beyond its fresh state.

Angeleno's dark skin offers an especially compelling contrast with the sweeter flesh inside.

For this absolute, I cured organic Angeleno plums before extraction, then macerated the fruit in tincture for eight years.

After that prolonged extraction, I evaporated the solvent, concentrating the material into absolute form.

The aromatic territory suggested by this process is not simply plum jam.

It is more intricate: dark fruit skin against dense flesh; tartness against cured sweetness; a suggestion of plum preserve without necessarily becoming confectionary; the potential for wine-like depth and a dry, slightly tannic impression alongside the fruit.

These are the kinds of contrasts that make cured stone fruit such a fascinating subject for botanical extraction.

Angeleno Plum also belongs to a three-part study within CURED FRUIT.

Beside Apricot and Bing Cherry, it provides the dark-skinned, late-season plum perspective.

Three stone fruits, each with a different balance of skin, flesh, sugars, acids and aromatic precursors.

Each cured.

Each extracted for eight years.

Each subsequently concentrated into absolute form.

Aromatic territory: Dark plum skin · cured plum flesh · tart-sweet stone fruit · wine-like fruit associations · dried-fruit depth · possible tannic dryness.

Extraction: Cured organic Angeleno Plum → eight years of tincture maceration → solvent evaporation → concentrated absolute.

Collection: CURED FRUIT · THE EIGHT-YEAR ABSOLUTES · F/W 2026.

Handcrafted by Wild Veil in Vermont.

For botanical perfumery, aromatic study, and experimental composition. Not intended for consumption.

☽•☾ Wild Veil never uses heat, steam, or non-organic solvents, all of which can alter the natural aroma profiles of plants ☽•☾