Blackcurrant Flowers
2 fragrances with this note
Part of accords: Floral, Fruity, Fruity floral
- Latin name
- Ribes nigrum
- Family
- Gooseberry family (Grossulariaceae)
- Origin
- the scent is created in the laboratory
- Parts used
- no material is obtained from the flowers
- Raw materials
- floral-fruity accords
- Extraction
- synthesis
- Olfactory group
- floral, fruity
- Position in the pyramid
- top note and heart
- Synthetic substitutes
- floral molecules, blackcurrant bud notes
Blackcurrant flowers are small, bell-shaped greenish-pink blossoms that open on the bushes in spring, before the berries appear. No material is obtained from them, so the perfumer recreates their scent with a floral-fruity accord.
How it smells: fresh, tender and springlike: light flowers, the green of young leaves, a faintly honeyed and fruity shade of the berry to come. Blackcurrant flowers sound quieter and lighter than the berry itself, without its sharp tartness.
The famous blackcurrant note in perfumery usually comes from the buds — they smell sharp, green and even a little “catty”. The flowers give a softer, floral facet of the same plant.
What it pairs with: with rose and peony — fresh spring bouquets, with blackcurrant — “the whole currant, from flower to berry”, with pear — light fruity compositions, with musk — tender transparent fragrances, with green notes — a morning garden.
Good to know: blackcurrant flowers are pollinated mainly by bees and bumblebees, so bushes growing near beehives give a noticeably bigger harvest.
