Sugar cane

What it brings

A clear sweetness that rounds out the base.

Origins and uses

Sugar cane is a tall grass of the genus Saccharum, native to New Guinea, where it is thought to have been domesticated before spreading towards Asia and the Pacific. It is now grown throughout the tropical and subtropical regions, from Brazil to India. Its juice gives cane sugar, molasses and, once fermented and distilled, agricultural rum.

In perfumery, sugar cane is not extracted: it is a note recreated by the perfumer, who seeks to convey a clear, slightly green, caramelised sweetness. It readily accompanies notes of rum, coffee or vanilla, and rounds out a base without weighing it down.

In our catalogue, it appears in the base of Black Phantom "Memento Mori" by Kilian Paris, where it extends rum, coffee and almond with a sugary softness.