Fresh · Accord · Top notes, Heart notes
Apple
Apple is an accord that recreates the scent of the fruit, from crisp green apple to sweet red apple. Apples yield no fragrant oil fit for perfume, so the scent is built from several molecules. Apple usually sits in the top notes and gives the opening a crisp, bright start.
· Written by the FRAG team
What does apple smell like in perfume?
Apple in perfume smells crisp, fresh and a little tart, like biting into a cold green apple. Red apple versions are rounder and sweeter, sometimes with a cider-like or jammy feel. A green note from the apple skin keeps it clean.
On skin, apple is clearest at the start. After a while, apple usually fades and makes room for the flowers, spices or woods underneath.
How is the apple note made?
Apple is an accord because there is no apple oil or absolute fit for perfume. Perfumers build the apple impression from several molecules. Ethyl 2-methylbutyrate gives a fresh green apple, hexyl acetate adds a waxy, pear-like side, and damascones add the warm, cider-like feel of red apple.
Green apple accords push the tart, green side, for example to suggest Granny Smith, a sour green apple variety from Australia. Red apple accords push the sweet, jammy side.
Apple in a perfume
Apple almost always sits in the top notes, and sometimes in the heart. It gives a fresh, youthful opening and is common in fresh, fruity and fruity-floral perfumes. Green apple often meets bergamot and pear, while red apple more often meets cinnamon, lavender and vanilla in sweet, warm perfumes.
In floral perfumes, apple is also paired with rose to make the flower feel fresher.
When to wear an apple perfume
A green apple perfume feels fresh and light, so it is comfortable for daytime, campus, light exercise and hot weather. Red apple with cinnamon and vanilla feels warmer, so it suits late afternoon, evenings and air-conditioned rooms.
