Is Blackberry Blossom natural or synthetic?

A fantasy or concept note, not a single material.

Blackberry Blossom

AccordFLOWERSfloral · fruity · fresh

HeartPyramid

3/5Strength

—Tenacity

2Origins

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Specimen

Blackberry Blossom perfume ingredient — Heart

Rubus fruticosus

Fantasy/Concept

Definition

Faint, rosy-green, with a hedge-row wildness. The actual flowers are modest — the perfumery note imagines a slightly wilder, greener rose hip.

FLORAL SWEET FRUITY FRESH

BLACKBERRY FLOWER RUBUS BLOSSOM

Type: Accord
Olfactive family: Florals
Subfamily: Fresh florals
Cluster: Wild florals
Source: Fantasy/Concept — olfactory accord inspired by blackberry blossom
Chemical class: N/A (concept note)

Instruments

Pyramid

TTop

HHeart

BBase

3/5Strength

Medium

odour strength

Producing countries

Europe North America

Scent

Faintly rosy with a green, dewy freshness. Less clean than rose, less sweet than peony. A wild-hedge quality — you sense thorns and morning dew alongside the petals. Honeyed and slightly pollen-dusty.

In PREMIEREPEAU

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The Full Story

Blackberry blossom (Rubus fruticosus aggregate) has a delicate scent in nature — faintly rosy, slightly green, with a honey undertone. The flowers are small, white to pink, and not commercially extracted for perfumery.

The fantasy accord draws on the Rubus family's character: a rose-adjacent florality (blackberry is in the rose family, Rosaceae) with more greenness and less refinement. Think of wild dog-rose but less sweet, with a hedgerow character — thorny stems, morning dew, pollen.

Construction might use rose oxide (green-metallic rose), phenylethyl alcohol (rose body), green leaf accords, and a touch of honey. The result should read as 'wild flower in a hedgerow' rather than 'cultivated rose garden.'

Blackberry plants are among the most ecologically successful in temperate regions — R. fruticosus is actually an aggregate of over 400 microspecies, making it a taxonomically complex groups in botany.

Did You Know?

Rubus fruticosus is not a single species but an 'aggregate' of over 400 closely related microspecies, many of which can only be distinguished by specialists examining the shapes of thorns and leaf serrations under magnification.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method

No commercial extraction exists. The flowers are too small and faintly scented for viable production. Entirely a fantasy accord.

Formula: complex mixture (linalool, geraniol, nerol)
CAS: N/A — no commercial essential oil from blossoms
Botanical: Rubus fruticosus
Appearance: Pale yellow to colorless liquid
Odour strength: Medium
Synonyms: BLACKBERRY FLOWER RUBUS BLOSSOM

IFRA status

See note

Not applicable: accord or concept, not a single material

Physical properties

Specific gravity: 0.870 to 0.920 @ 25 °C (est)

In Perfumery

Fantasy floral providing a wild, green-rosy character. No natural extraction exists. Built from rose-adjacent synthetics (rose oxide, PEA) and green-leaf accords. Useful in compositions evoking hedgerow, wild garden, or English countryside atmospheres. Functions as a softer, greener alternative to rose.

Role in the formula

01diffusion enhancer

02modifier

03signature note

04lifting agent

05blender

06volume builder

Available as

synthetic accord fantasy note