What Do Green Notes Smell Like in Perfume?

The character can range from soft violet leaf and watery cucumber to sharp galbanum, tomato leaf or freshly mown grass. Folione can create violet-leaf and cucumber effects, while Stemone adds realistic leafy freshness to notes such as fig leaf, tomato, blackcurrant and citrus. Other materials provide bitter, metallic or resinous green effects.

Green notes can come from natural materials such as violet leaf, galbanum, herbs and leafy extracts. They can also be created with fragrance molecules, including cis-3-hexenol derivatives and modern materials designed to reproduce cut grass, leaves and stems. A perfumer may combine several of these materials to control whether the finished effect feels soft, watery, crisp, bitter or intensely vegetal.

Green notes are mainly used in the top of floral, citrus, fruity, aromatic, aquatic and woody fragrances. They blend well with bergamot, pear, blackcurrant, fig, violet, jasmine, lily-of-the-valley, herbs, moss and woods. A small amount can make fruit or flowers feel more natural, while a stronger green accord can create the impression of leaves, gardens or damp vegetation.