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Cherry Blossom

Q: Is Cherry Blossom natural or synthetic?

. Extraction: No commercial extraction exists. Cherry blossom flowers produce negligible volatile compounds. Some headspace analyses have been conducted. Entirely a synthetic fantasy reconstruction..

FLOWERS / floral · fresh · fruity

Cherry Blossom

Category	FLOWERS
Subcategory	floral · fresh · fruity
Origin
Volatility	Heart Note
Botanical	Prunus serrulata
Appearance	colorless to pale yellow clear liquid
Odor Strength	Medium
Producing Countries	China, Japan
Pyramid	Heart

Soft, almond-sweet, powdery-pink. Cherry blossom smells less than it looks — a faint, barely-there florality with a marzipan whisper and a clean, airy lightness.

Scent
The Full Story
Fun Fact
Extraction & Chemistry
In Perfumery

Scent

Faint, almond-sweet, powdery-pink. Benzaldehyde gives the faintest marzipan whisper; heliotropin and iris notes add powdery softness; hedione provides transparency. The overall impression is of something precise present and already disappearing. Pink air.

Evolution over time

Immediately

Faint almond-sweet, powdery-pink, transparent

After a few hours

Soft powdery warmth, almost imperceptible, airy

After a few days

Near-invisible — clean skin with faintest sweet trace

The Full Story

Cherry blossom (Prunus serrulata and related species) produces one of the world's most visually spectacular flowerings (hanami in Japan) with surprisingly little scent. The fragrance is faint, almond-sweet (benzaldehyde), powdery, and ephemeral.

No commercial cherry blossom essential oil or absolute exists for mainstream perfumery. The note is a fantasy reconstruction: light almond-floral (benzaldehyde, heliotropin), clean-powdery (iris-type), and airy-transparent (hedione, white musks). Pink more than sweet.

The challenge is capturing delicacy without nothingness. The best cherry blossom accords suggest the flower's transience — present, beautiful, already leaving. This impermanence (mono no aware in Japanese aesthetics) is the note's conceptual heart.

Functions in spring, Japanese-coded, and light floral compositions. a commercially important fantasy floral notes globally — particularly in the Asian market.

This note in Première Peau. Nuit Elastique · Rose Monotone. Sample all seven extraits in the Discovery Set.

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Did You Know?

Did you know?

The Japanese practice of hanami (flower viewing) dates to at least the 8th century. The cherry blossom's fleeting beauty — most varieties bloom for only 7-10 days — became central to Japanese aesthetics of impermanence. The samurai class adopted the cherry blossom as their symbol: beautiful, brief, falling without hesitation.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method: No commercial extraction exists. Cherry blossom flowers produce negligible volatile compounds. Some headspace analyses have been conducted. Entirely a synthetic fantasy reconstruction.

Molecular Formula	N/A — complex flower accord (key: benzaldehyde C₇H₆O, coumarin C₉H₆O₂)
CAS Number	N/A — no standardized essential oil (reconstructed in perfumery)
Botanical Name	Prunus serrulata
IFRA Status	No known restrictions
Synonyms	SAKURA · JAPANESE CHERRY · CHERRY TREE BLOSSOM
Physical Properties
Odor Strength	Medium
Appearance	colorless to pale yellow clear liquid
Flash Point	189.00 °F. TCC ( 87.22 °C. )
Specific Gravity	0.98310 to 0.99370 @ 25.00 °C.
Refractive Index	1.49790 to 1.50510 @ 20.00 °C.

In Perfumery

Fantasy floral of major commercial importance. No natural extraction exists. Built from benzaldehyde (almond-sweet), heliotropin (powdery), hedione (transparent), and clean musks. Functions in spring, Japanese-coded, and light-floral compositions. The concept of impermanence (mono no aware) is the note's aesthetic foundation.