Linden blossom is one of the loveliest smells in nature and one of the hardest to buy honestly. The absolute is sweet, honeyed and green, built on linalool, geraniol and phenylethanol. Much of what is sold is reconstructed rather than extracted, because the yield is so poor. The calming reputation comes from linden tea and flower preparations, tested in animals, not from the absolute.^[1] Analyses of linden flower preparations map a rich chemistry, but again that is the herb rather than the perfume material.^[2]