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Laurel Blossom

Q: Is Laurel Blossom natural or synthetic?

. Extraction: Not commercially extracted from flowers. Bay laurel leaf oil (steam distilled, CAS 8002-41-3) is the commercial product. The blossom note is a fantasy accord..

FLOWERS / floral · green · fresh

Laurel Blossom

Category	FLOWERS
Subcategory	floral · green · fresh
Origin
Volatility	Heart Note
Botanical	Laurus nobilis
Appearance	Pale yellow to greenish-yellow liquid
Odor Strength	Medium
Producing Countries	Mediterranean, Turkey
Pyramid	Heart

Aromatic, green-herbal, and faintly spicy. Bay laurel flowers have a subtle, clean, herbal scent -- less pungent than the leaf, more delicate and floral.

Scent
The Full Story
Fun Fact
Extraction & Chemistry
In Perfumery

Scent

Aromatic, green-herbal, and gently floral. Like brushing past a flowering bay laurel in a Mediterranean garden -- the flowers add a light, clean florality to the tree's familiar herbal-spicy presence. Less pungent than the leaf, more delicate, with a spring-like freshness.

Evolution over time

Immediately

Aromatic, green-herbal, with a light floral note.

After a few hours

The green settles. Warm, herbal, bay-like depth.

After a few days

A faint, aromatic-herbal residue.

The Full Story

Laurel blossom refers to the flowers of Laurus nobilis (bay laurel), the Mediterranean tree whose leaves are the culinary bay leaf. The small, creamy-yellow flowers appear in spring and have a subtle, aromatic-herbal scent that is lighter and more floral than the leaf.

Bay laurel leaves contain 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol), linalool, and eugenol, giving them their characteristic aromatic-herbal-spicy profile. The flowers share some of these compounds but in lower concentrations, resulting in a gentler, more accessible aromatics.

In perfumery, laurel blossom is a fantasy accord -- the flowers are not commercially extracted. Perfumers approximate the note using diluted bay leaf oil, light green-floral materials, and a clean, aromatic-herbal thread.

The note functions in the top-to-heart range, providing a Mediterranean, herbal-floral quality.

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Did You Know?

Did you know?

The word baccalaureate comes from bacca lauri (laurel berry). In ancient Greece and Rome, wreaths of bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) crowned victorious athletes, poets, and military commanders -- the word laureate preserves this tradition. Apollo's sacred tree, the laurel was associated with prophecy at the Oracle of Delphi.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method: Not commercially extracted from flowers. Bay laurel leaf oil (steam distilled, CAS 8002-41-3) is the commercial product. The blossom note is a fantasy accord.

Molecular Formula	Complex mixture; major components: 1,8-cineole (C₁₀H₁₈O), linalool (C₁₀H₁₈O)
CAS Number	8002-41-3 (Laurus nobilis oil)
Botanical Name	Laurus nobilis
IFRA Status	No known restrictions
Synonyms	Bay laurel, Sweet bay
Physical Properties
Odor Strength	Medium
Appearance	Pale yellow to greenish-yellow liquid
Flash Point	128.00 °F. TCC ( 53.33 °C. )
Specific Gravity	0.90500 to 0.93000 @ 25.00 °C.
Refractive Index	1.46500 to 1.47500 @ 20.00 °C.

In Perfumery

Top-to-heart note in Mediterranean, herbal, and aromatic-floral compositions. Functions as a lighter, more floral alternative to bay leaf. Built from diluted bay laurel materials, green-floral elements, and aromatic-herbal accords.