Is Fresh note natural or synthetic?

A fantasy or concept note, not a single material.

Fresh note

AccordGREENS, HERBS & FOUGERESfresh · citrus · green

TopPyramid

—Strength

—Tenacity

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Specimen

Fantasy/Concept

Definition

Fresh is one of the primary scent families of Michael Edwards's Fragrance Wheel. It describes bright, crisp or airy scent impressions, including citrus, green, herbal and watery directions.

CITRUS GREEN FRESH

Type: Accord
Olfactive family: Aromatic
Subfamily: Green notes
Cluster: Green leafy notes

Instruments

Pyramid

TTop

HHeart

BBase

Scent

Citrus may give a bright impression, green notes can suggest leaves or stems, and watery notes can evoke sea air or a dewy floral character. Aquatic fragrances have a clean smell reminiscent of the ocean. The Green category has pronounced cut grass, crushed green leaf and cucumber-like scents.

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The Full Story

The Fresh family

Michael Edwards's Fragrance Wheel consists of primary scent families, among them Woody, Floral, Amber and Fresh, which are divided into subfamilies. In the 2010 version of the wheel, the Fresh family has the subfamilies Aromatic, Citrus, Water, Green and Fruity, with lavender and aromatic herbs, bergamot and citrus oils, marine and aquatic notes, galbanum and green notes, and berries and fruits as examples.

Aquatic and ozonic notes

Aquatic, oceanic and ozonic fragrances generally contain calone, a synthetic discovered in 1966, or more recent synthetics such as Floralozone, Helional or even Ambroxan. Calone is an organic compound that is used to give the olfactory impression of a fresh seashore through its marine and ozone nuances.

Green notes

Cis-3-hexen-1-ol, also known as leaf alcohol, is a colorless oily liquid with an intense grassy-green odor of freshly cut green grass and leaves. The global production volume of cis-3-hexen-1-ol is about 3000 tonnes.

Citrus and cologne

Classical colognes are unisex compositions that are basically citrus blends without a perfume parent. Eau de cologne contains a mixture of citrus oils, including oils of lemon, orange, bergamot and grapefruit.

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Did You Know?

The aquatic, oceanic and ozonic category is the newest of the modern categories, first appearing in 1988. Citrus, by contrast, is the oldest fragrance family and gave birth to lightweight eau de colognes.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method

Cis-3-hexen-1-ol, a green-note material, is produced in small amounts by most plants.

IFRA status

See note

No IFRA Standard for the material itself (51st Amendment)

Physical properties

Note: Broad scent family with the subfamilies Aromatic, Citrus, Water, Green and Fruity in the 2010 version of Edwards's wheel

In Perfumery

A fragrance wheel is frequently used as a classification tool in perfumery. A single fragrance may be placed in more than one family, or described using hybrid labels such as "citrus-aromatic". Aquatic notes are also used to accent floral, oriental and woody fragrances. Calone has been used as a scent component since the 1980s for its watery, fresh, ozone accords, and as a more dominant note in several perfumes of the marine trend, beginning in the 1990s.

Role in the formula

01modifier

02signature note

03lifting agent

04blender

05freshness

Available as

synthetic accord fantasy note