Cherry Tree
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Woody, faintly cherry-like, with a warm almond-bitter quality. Cherry tree wood smells like a quieter version of the fruit — dry, warm, coumarin-tinged.
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Extraction & Chemistry
Extraction method
No standard commercial extraction of cherry wood exists for perfumery. Small-scale distillation of cherry wood chips is possible but uncommon. The note is typically reconstructed from coumarin, benzaldehyde, and warm wood materials. Cherry wood smoking chips release similar aromatic compounds when heated.
- Formula
- Complex mixture — key compound: benzaldehyde C₇H₆O (cherry aroma character)
- CAS
- N/A — natural plant material
- Botanical
- Prunus avium
- Appearance
- Tree with pink-white blossoms; cherry absolute is reddish-brown viscous liquid
- Odour strength
- Medium
- Synonyms
- Sweet Cherry Wild Cherry Cerisier
Not applicable: accord or concept, not a single material
- Note
- Prunus avium — cherry blossom absolute is rare; cherry fruit character in perfumery typically recreated synthetically
In Perfumery
Cherry tree wood provides a warm, mildly sweet woody base note. Reconstructed from coumarin (hay-sweet warmth), benzaldehyde traces (almond-cherry quality), and warm wood materials (sandalwood, cedarwood). Functions in orchard-wood, warm-wood, and mildly sweet compositions. The wood character is distinct from cherry fruit (gamma-decalactone, benzaldehyde dominant) and cherry blossom (delicate floral). Not widely available as a natural extract.