- Origin
- an accord composed by the perfumer
- Raw materials
- fruity esters, lactones, raspberry ketone and other fruity molecules
- Extraction
- synthesis
- Olfactory group
- fruity
- Position in the pyramid
- top and heart
- Synthetic substitutes
- fruity bases
“Fruity notes” is a general name used in pyramids when a fragrance contains not one specific fruit but a “fruit basket”: a little pear, peach, berries, apple or tropical fruit. Almost all of these smells are created with molecules — no perfumery material is obtained from the fruits themselves.
How it smells: juicy, bright and appetising: from the fresh crisp green of apple and pear to the velvety sweetness of peach and berry jam. Fruity notes make a fragrance joyful, youthful and light.
Fruits featured in perfume before (peach in the chypres of the early twentieth century), but the fruity theme truly blossomed in the 1990s, when many new fruity molecules appeared. Today fruits play both in light daytime fragrances and in deep chypres with patchouli.
What it pairs with: with flowers — fruity-floral compositions, with patchouli — the fruity chypre, with vanilla — dessert-like fragrances, with musk — clean and light ones, with woods — modern unisex compositions.
Good to know: fruity notes usually sit in the opening and last the first half-hour, so they are often supported by lactones and musks to keep the juiciness longer.
