Note · Fruits
Strawberry
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Strawberry is recreated with molecules of sweet, juicy, lightly green scent that evoke freshly picked fruit.
What it brings
A juicy, cheerful note.
Origins and uses
Strawberry does not lend itself to extracting an essence usable in perfumery: its note is recreated by the perfumer from molecules with a fruity, sweet scent. One of the best known is ethyl methylphenylglycidate, nicknamed "strawberry aldehyde" or "aldehyde C-16", although it is not chemically an aldehyde. Made by synthesis, it smells of strawberry, honey and flowers, and is used in food flavourings as well as in perfumes, soaps and household products.
In fine fragrance, strawberry brings a juicy, cheerful, slightly green note, often placed at the top. It brightens fruity florals, roses and gourmand compositions, and softens darker accords.
In our catalogue, strawberry opens Bouquet de Hongrie by BDK Parfums, with pear and blackcurrant, and Uruk Chronicles by Etat Libre d'Orange, where it precedes saffron and orris.
Text written with the help of AI, based on reference sources: encyclopedias, raw-material manufacturers and official information from the fragrance houses.
Material profile
- Family
- Fruits
- Nature
- Synthetic molecule
- Origin
- A note recomposed by the perfumer.
- How it is obtained
- Laboratory synthesisRecomposed by the perfumer
- On Volute
- 5 fragrances