Note · Aromatic herbs
Peppermint
Mentha × piperita
Distilled, peppermint leaves release an icy, green, slightly sweet scent dominated by menthol.
What it brings
An immediate, tingling freshness that awakens the top of an aromatic fragrance.
Origins and uses
Peppermint, Mentha × piperita, is a hybrid that arose naturally from a cross between water mint and spearmint; it has been grown in England since the seventeenth century, and today in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Steam-distilled, its leaves give an essential oil rich in menthol and menthone, which flavours sweets, chewing gum, toothpaste and liqueurs. Menthol gives it its cooling sensation, much stronger than that of spearmint.
In perfumery, peppermint brings a sharp, icy, slightly camphoraceous freshness. Powerful, it is used in small doses, at the top, where it gives a clean brightness to fougères, aromatics and citrus fragrances.
In our catalogue, peppermint opens Green Irish Tweed and Viking by Creed, and freshens Pacific Chill by Louis Vuitton, with blackcurrant, citron and basil.
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
- Aromatic herbs
- Nature
- Natural material
- Botanical name
- Mentha × piperita
- Origin
- United States (Oregon, Washington), India.
- How it is obtained
- Steam distillation
- On Volute
- 3 fragrances