- Latin name
- Saccharum officinarum
- Family
- Grass family (Poaceae)
- Origin
- an accord composed by the perfumer
- Parts used
- stalks (as the reference for the scent)
- Raw materials
- sweet, green and rummy notes
- Extraction
- synthesis
- Olfactory group
- gourmand, green
- Position in the pyramid
- top note and heart
- Synthetic substitutes
- ethyl maltol, furaneol, green molecules
Sugar cane is a tall tropical grass with thick, juicy stalks from which sugar and rum are made. In perfume this note conveys not refined sugar but the fresh sweet juice of a freshly broken stalk.
How it smells: fresh, sweet and slightly green: juicy cane sap, a light herbal note, a soft caramel and rummy shade. Sugar cane sounds sunny, light and tropical.
Unlike thick caramel or brown sugar, cane sounds fresher and greener: its juice combines sweetness with the smell of a fresh plant. The perfumer combines sugary molecules with light green notes.
What it pairs with: with rum — a “tropical bar”, with lime and mint — a mojito, with coconut — beach exotica, with vanilla — warm sweetness, with white flowers — sunny floral-gourmand fragrances.
Good to know: sugar cane is one of the tallest grasses on Earth: its stalks grow 4–6 metres tall, and it originally comes from New Guinea.
