Sweet, jasmine-like, with a honeyed delicacy that bears no resemblance to roasted coffee. Coffee blossom smells like white flowers in a tropical highland -- the plant before the bean.
Sweet, jasmine-like, honeyed, with a faint green-herbal edge. Nothing like roasted coffee. Closer to orange blossom than to espresso. The linalool dominance gives it a clean, lifted freshness; the trace indole adds depth. Delicate, ephemeral -- these flowers last less than two days.
Evolution over time
Immediately
Immediately
Sweet jasmine-like burst, honeyed, linalool-fresh
After a few hours
After a few hours
Soft white-floral warmth, faint indolic depth
After a few days
After a few days
Gentle floral trace, quiet and clean
Terroir & Origins
Indicative 2025 wholesale prices.
The Full Story
Coffee blossom refers to the small, white, intensely fragrant flowers of Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora (robusta). The flowers bloom briefly (24-48 hours) and carry a scent entirely unlike roasted coffee: sweet, jasmine-like, with honeyed warmth and a faint green-herbal edge.
The floral character comes from linalool (the dominant volatile), benzyl alcohol, indole (at traces, providing a faint narcotic-jasmine quality), and methyl salicylate. The overall impression is closer to jasmine or orange blossom than to anything that would emerge from roasting the bean.
In perfumery, coffee blossom works as a white-floral heart note with a specialty-coffee cultural reference. It provides the surprise of the familiar made unfamiliar: the plant behind the cup. Works in white-floral, tropical-highland, and origin-story compositions.
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Coffee flowers bloom in response to rain after a dry period. On a large plantation, millions of flowers can open simultaneously -- creating a brief, intense wave of jasmine-like fragrance that lasts less than 48 hours before the petals fall and fruit development begins.
Extraction & Chemistry
Extraction method: No standardised coffee blossom essential oil or absolute is commercially produced for perfumery. The flowers bloom too briefly (24-48 hours) for practical large-scale collection. The note is typically reconstructed.
N/A — natural blossom (no standardized extract CAS)
Botanical Name
Coffea arabica
IFRA Status
No known restrictions
Synonyms
COFFEA FLOWER · COFFEE FLOWER
Physical Properties
Odor Strength
Medium
Specific Gravity
0.95–1.0 @ 25 °C (est)
In Perfumery
Coffee blossom is a white-floral heart note: linalool-dominant, jasmine-like, honeyed, with trace indole. Entirely unlike roasted coffee. Works in white-floral, tropical-highland, and origin-story compositions. The plant before the bean. Pairs with jasmine, neroli, and green-tea accords.
