- Latin name
- Prunus avium (dark varieties), Prunus serotina
- Family
- Rose family (Rosaceae)
- Origin
- the scent is created in the laboratory
- Parts used
- no material is obtained from the berries
- Raw materials
- fruity and liqueur accords, benzaldehyde
- Extraction
- synthesis
- Olfactory group
- fruity, gourmand
- Position in the pyramid
- heart
- Synthetic substitutes
- benzaldehyde, lactones, ethyl maltol
Black cherry means the dark, almost black varieties of sweet and sour cherry with dense, juicy flesh. In perfumery it sounds like a note of its own: deeper, sweeter and darker than ordinary red cherry.
How it smells: dense, sweet and slightly bitter: ripe dark berries, cherry liqueur, marzipan and almond stone, a light winey shade. Black cherry sounds sensual, luxurious and made for the evening.
Black cherry gets its depth from benzaldehyde — a molecule smelling of almond and cherry stone — combined with liqueur and vanilla notes. That is why it flows so easily into gourmand and amber compositions.
What it pairs with: with almond and tonka — “cherry liqueur”, with vanilla and chocolate — dark dessert fragrances, with rose and oud — luxurious evening compositions, with tobacco and leather — “cherry tobacco”, with patchouli — a deep fruity-woody base.
Good to know: Belgian kriek beer and Italian amarena are made from dark, tart cherries — and both smell noticeably of almond from the stones.
