Orris Root

Orris Root (Iris × germanica 'Florentina') in gin: powdery, floral, violet-like. Found in 13 gins on The Giniverse.

A fixative that holds aromas together and adds a soft floral base.

The root of the iris, dried for five years or more until it smells of violets. Perfumers use it to hold other scents together, and gin makers do much the same.

• Adnams Copper House Dry Gin
• Beefeater 24
• Beefeater London Dry Gin
• Bertha's Revenge Gin
• Bombay Sapphire
• Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin
• Hendrick's Gin
• Isle of Harris Gin
• Martin Miller's Gin
• Mermaid Gin
• Nolet's Silver Dry Gin
• Plymouth Gin
• Plymouth Navy Strength