- Origin
- an accord composed by the perfumer
- Raw materials
- tropical fruity accords
- Extraction
- synthesis
- Olfactory group
- fruity (tropical)
- Position in the pyramid
- top note and heart
- Synthetic substitutes
- fruity esters, lactones, tropical molecules
Tropical fruits is a collective accord conveying the smell of an exotic fruit basket: mango, pineapple, passion fruit, guava, papaya. The perfumer does not single out one fruit but builds a joyful impression of a tropical summer.
How it smells: juicy, sweet and bright: ripe exotic fruit, a light tartness, a faintly floral and piquant shade. Tropical fruits sound carefree, sunny and very energetic.
Tropical fruits get their piquancy from sulphur-containing compounds — they are what make passion fruit and guava so vivid. Next to sweet lactones they create the sense of a ripe, juicy fruit.
What it pairs with: with coconut — beach exotica, with jasmine and frangipani — tropical florals, with citrus — lively freshness, with vanilla — a “tropical dessert”, with musk — light summer fragrances.
Good to know: many “tropical” fruits, such as pineapple and passion fruit, come not from Asia but from South America — they reached Europe only after Columbus's voyages.
