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Green Branches

Q: Is Green Branches natural or synthetic?

. Extraction: Fantasy accord. No specific extraction. Built from green molecules (cis-3-hexenol, cis-3-hexenyl acetate) and young-wood materials..

GREENS, HERBS AND FOUGERES / green · fresh · earthy

Green Branches

Category	GREENS, HERBS AND FOUGERES
Subcategory	green · fresh · earthy
Origin
Volatility	Top Note
Botanical	N/A - conceptual accord
Appearance	N/A - conceptual accord
Odor Strength	High
Producing Countries	N/A - conceptual accord
Pyramid	Top

Fresh-snapped twigs and young leaves. The smell of breaking a branch from a living tree: green sap, raw wood, and the sharp vegetable freshness of interrupted growth.

Scent
The Full Story
Fun Fact
Extraction & Chemistry
In Perfumery

Scent

Green-sappy and raw-woody simultaneously. The freshness of interrupted growth: sap running, raw wood exposed. Sharp and slightly astringent. Less clean than aged wood, greener than timber, more active and alive. The snap-crackle quality of a branch being broken is somehow present in the scent: fresh, violent, vital.

Evolution over time

Immediately

Sharp green-sappy, raw wood freshness

After a few hours

Subtle woody development, fading green

After a few days

Soft green-woody residue

The Full Story

Green branches is a fantasy accord in perfumery capturing the specific scent of freshly broken live twigs and young growth. This is distinct from both green-leaf notes (which focus on foliage) and wood notes (which focus on aged timber). Green branches occupies the middle ground: the living junction where green meets wood.

The accord layers green-sappy notes (cis-3-hexenol, cis-3-hexenyl acetate), raw-wood freshness (young wood molecules, less complex than aged timber), and the sharp, almost astringent quality of interrupted growth: sap exposed to air, phloem and cambium suddenly revealed.

In composition, green branches functions as a modifier in naturalistic, forest, and outdoor compositions. It provides a specific moment of interaction between human and tree: the act of breaking a branch. This active, even violent quality distinguishes it from passive wood or leaf notes.

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Did You Know?

Did you know?

The sharp green smell released when you snap a twig is largely cis-3-hexenal and cis-3-hexenol, molecules the plant produces as a stress response. These 'green leaf volatiles' serve as chemical alarm signals: neighboring plants detect them and preemptively activate their own defense mechanisms.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method: Fantasy accord. No specific extraction. Built from green molecules (cis-3-hexenol, cis-3-hexenyl acetate) and young-wood materials.

Molecular Formula	N/A - conceptual accord
CAS Number	N/A - conceptual accord
Botanical Name	N/A - conceptual accord
IFRA Status	No known restrictions
Synonyms	green twigs, fresh foliage
Physical Properties
Odor Strength	High
Appearance	N/A - conceptual accord

In Perfumery

Green branches is a fantasy heart modifier in naturalistic, forest, and outdoor compositions. It provides the living-tree quality where green meets wood. Built from cis-3-hexenol (leaf alcohol), cis-3-hexenyl acetate, young-wood materials, and sap-astringent modifiers. Distinguished from leaf and timber notes by its active, just-broken quality.