Saffron is one of the world’s most expensive spices, obtained by drying the pistils of the saffron crocus, a flower in the Iridaceae family. Also called the King of Spices or Red Gold, it has purple petals and three distinctive red pistils (in fact, a single pistil divided into three).
To obtain 1 g, around 200 pistils must be harvested. The highest-quality saffron costs ¥5,000–¥7,000 per gram, while even lower-priced saffron costs around ¥1,000 per gram.
By comparison, vanilla (in Japanese) costs ¥200 per gram, and ordinary spices such as cinnamon cost less than ¥20 per gram.
What Does It Smell Like in Perfume?
In perfume, “saffron” does not refer to just one raw material. The dried stigmas of Crocus sativus, safranal, the principal component shaping its characteristic aroma, the synthetic molecule Safraleine, and accords built from several materials are all different things. Safraleine has a powerful scent suggesting warm leather, tobacco, spices, and natural saffron, with enough tenacity to last a week on a blotter. It adds dry heat and leathery depth to perfume, but it is a different molecule from safranal.
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