Fragrance note guide

What Does Dried Fruit Smell Like in Perfume?

Dried fruit in perfume usually smells rich, sweet and concentrated, with raisin, prune, date, apricot and honeyed sides. It is darker and less juicy than a fresh-fruit note. Some dried-fruit accords feel sticky and syrupy, while others are leathery, wine-like or touched with tobacco. Dried fruit is mainly used in the base.

Dried figs, apricots, dates, raisins and prunes on a pale sage-grey background

What Does Dried Fruit Smell Like?

Dried-fruit accords can suggest raisins, dates, figs, prunes or dried apricots. Removing water from fruit concentrates sweetness and changes the balance of its volatile aroma compounds. Depending on the accord, the result may include honey, hay, wine, leather, caramel or tobacco-like nuances.

Where Does Dried Fruit Come From?

Dried fruit is a broad constructed perfume note rather than one standard extract. A perfumer may combine fruity esters, honeyed materials, balsams, tobacco-like notes and ingredients with apricot, raisin or hay facets. IFF’s bran absolute, for example, includes dried-fruit, apricot, honey and hay qualities.

How Dried Fruit Is Usually Described

  • Rich
  • Sweet
  • Concentrated
  • Honeyed
  • Wine-like
  • Leathery

How Is Dried Fruit Used in Perfume?

Dried fruit is used in gourmand, amber, tobacco, leather, woody and spicy fragrances. It blends well with plum, fig, apricot, honey, cinnamon, cacao, tobacco, vanilla, resins and woods. It adds dense sweetness and can help fruit remain noticeable beside strong base materials.

Notes Commonly Paired With Dried Fruit

Open cacao pod with fresh cacao beans, dried cocoa beans and green leaves on a dusty rose background
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Cacao

Cacao in perfume usually smells dark, powdery and chocolate-like, with bitter, earthy, roasted and softly sweet sides. It may suggest dry cocoa powder rather than a sugary chocolate...

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Cinnamon sticks, curled bark and green cinnamon leaves on a light pale lilac background
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Cinnamon

Cinnamon in perfume usually smells warm, sweet and spicy, with dry, woody and sometimes slightly hot sides. It can feel comforting and smooth in one fragrance but sharper...

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Golden nectar-like droplets and white flowers representing the warm floral character of a honey perfume accord
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Honey

Honey in perfume usually smells sweet, warm and golden, with floral, waxy, balsamic and softly animalic sides. It may feel light and nectar-like or darker, richer and almost...

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Sugarcane, molasses, oakwood, vanilla and spices representing a warm rum perfume accord
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Rum

Rum in perfume usually smells warm, sweet and alcoholic, with molasses, oak, vanilla, fruity and spicy sides. A rum accord can suggest dark aged spirit, golden rum or...

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Cured tobacco leaves with one fresh green tobacco leaf
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Tobacco

Tobacco in perfume usually smells warm, dry and slightly sweet, with honeyed, hay like, earthy, woody or smoky sides. It normally represents cured tobacco leaves rather than the...

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Pale pink and white tobacco blossoms with soft green leaves on a light dusty blue background
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Tobacco Blossom

Tobacco blossom in perfume usually smells soft, dry and floral, with green, lightly spicy and sometimes hay-like sides. It is different from tobacco leaf, which is normally warmer,...

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Natural vanilla pods with a vanilla orchid flower and green leaves
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Vanilla

Vanilla in perfume usually smells sweet, warm and creamy. It can also have soft woody, powdery or spicy sides, depending on the material used and the notes around...

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Cedarwood, sandalwood and pale natural wood pieces on a light mist grey background
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Woody Notes

Woody notes in perfume can smell dry, warm, earthy, smoky, creamy or resinous. They do not describe one single ingredient because different woods and woody materials have very...

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Luxaro Perfumes With Dried Fruit as a Base Note

These fragrances use Dried Fruit in the lasting foundation of the scent.

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Ripe golden apricots, one sliced fruit and green leaves on a pale pistachio background
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Apricot

Apricot in perfume usually smells soft, fruity and velvety, with sweet, tart, creamy and sometimes lightly leathery sides. It is generally less juicy than peach and can feel...

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Ripe purple figs, green leaves and a cut stem on a pale apricot-grey background
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Fig

Fig in perfume usually smells green, milky and softly sweet, with fruity, leafy, creamy and woody sides. A fig note can represent the ripe fruit, the broad green...

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Pear, peach, berries, plum and pineapple representing fruity notes in perfume
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Fruity Notes

Fruity notes in perfume can smell juicy, sweet, tart, green, creamy or syrupy depending on the fruits being represented. The term is a broad category rather than one...

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Sun-dried hay stems with green grass and small wildflowers on a powder-blue background
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Hay

Hay in perfume usually smells dry, warm and softly sweet, with grassy, tobacco-like, honeyed and dried-fruit sides. It suggests sun-dried grass rather than freshly cut green lawn. Some...

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Ripe purple plums, one sliced in half, with green leaves on a pale mint-grey background
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Plum

Plum in perfume usually smells rich, juicy and darkly fruity, with sweet, jammy, wine-like or slightly spicy sides. Some plum notes feel fresh and tart, while others are...

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