- Latin name
- Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca
- Family
- Rose family (Rosaceae)
- Origin
- the scent is created in the laboratory
- Parts used
- fruit (as the reference for the scent)
- Raw materials
- fruity accords
- Extraction
- synthesis
- Olfactory group
- fruity
- Position in the pyramid
- top note and heart
- Synthetic substitutes
- lactones, fruity esters, benzaldehyde (traces)
The mirabelle is a small golden-yellow plum with a blushing cheek, sweet and very fragrant. The best-known mirabelles grow in French Lorraine, where they are made into jam and fruit brandy.
How it smells: sweet, juicy and honeyed: a ripe golden plum, a light apricot shade, a faintly almond-like stone note. Mirabelle sounds sunny, tender and warmer than an ordinary plum.
The scent of mirabelle is rich in lactones — molecules that smell of peach and apricot. So it sounds softer and more velvety than tart dark plums, recalling summer jam.
What it pairs with: with peach and apricot — juicy fruity compositions, with honey — warm sweetness, with rose and osmanthus — fruity florals, with cognac — a “fruit brandy”, with vanilla and sandalwood — a warm creamy base.
Good to know: Lorraine grows most of the world's mirabelles, and the local product has the protected name “Mirabelle de Lorraine”.
