Green pepper

What it brings

A bright, airy sparkle that wakes up woods.

Origins and uses

Green pepper comes from the same plant as black and white pepper: Piper nigrum, a climbing vine native to the Malabar coast, in south-western India, now grown throughout the tropics. It all depends on when it is picked and how it is processed: green pepper is the fruit picked green and dried with its skin, black pepper the green fruit cooked and then dried, and white pepper the seed of the ripe fruit with its skin removed.

In perfumery, green pepper keeps a vegetal, sharp freshness, less warm than black pepper, with an almost citrusy edge. It brightens woody, aromatic or floral compositions, and often opens them.

In our catalogue, green pepper lifts Cri du Kalahari by Ella K Parfums, where it accompanies baobab, orris, cedarwood, sandalwood and patchouli.