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Peach Tree

Q: Is Peach Tree natural or synthetic?

. Extraction: Not extracted for perfumery. Peach tree is a fantasy accord built from green-woody materials, benzaldehyde, and leaf-green synthetics..

WOODS AND MOSSES / fruity · woody · sweet

Peach Tree

Category	WOODS AND MOSSES
Subcategory	fruity · woody · sweet
Origin
Volatility	Heart Note
Botanical	Prunus persica
Appearance	Pale yellow to dark amber liquid
Odor Strength	Medium
Producing Countries	China, France, Italy, United States
Pyramid	Heart

Green-woody with a bitter-almond bark note and a faint fruity sweetness from the leaves. The tree, not the fruit -- sap, bark, and sun-warmed wood.

Scent
The Full Story
Fun Fact
Extraction & Chemistry
In Perfumery

Scent

Green-woody, faintly bitter-almond, with a subtle fruity sweetness from the leaves. Not peachy. Like leaning against the trunk of a peach tree in July -- warm bark, the faint bitterness of prunasin in the wood, green leaves overhead, and sun-heated sap. An orchard smell, not a kitchen one.

Evolution over time

Immediately

Green, woody, with a clear bitter-almond edge from the bark.

After a few hours

The almond note softens. Warm, dry wood and a faint green-leaf sweetness.

After a few days

A quiet, woody residue with a trace of almond. Clean and natural.

The Full Story

Peach tree is a fantasy accord in perfumery that aims to capture the whole tree (Prunus persica) rather than its fruit. The scent is fundamentally different from peach fruit notes: where peach fruit is lactonic, sweet, and fuzzy, the tree is green-woody, slightly bitter, and resinous.

The bark of stone fruit trees (Prunus species) contains traces of benzaldehyde and prunasin, producing a characteristic bitter-almond quality. The leaves have a faint, green-fruity sweetness when bruised. The wood itself is hard and close-grained, with a mild, slightly sweet woody scent.

Perfumers reconstruct peach tree using green-woody materials (vetiver heart, cedar fractions), a bitter-almond thread (benzaldehyde, heliotropin traces), and a barely perceptible fruity-green leaf note from the foliage.

In a composition, peach tree sits in the heart-to-base range. It provides an orchard-realistic woody-green quality that is atmospheric rather than decorative -- evoking the setting (a peach orchard in summer) rather than the fruit itself.

This note in Première Peau. Nuit Elastique · Albâtre Sépia. Sample all seven extraits in the Discovery Set.

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Did You Know?

Did you know?

Peach tree wood contains amygdalin, a cyanogenic glycoside that releases trace amounts of hydrogen cyanide when metabolized. This is the same compound found in bitter almonds and cherry pits, and it is responsible for the characteristic bitter-almond scent of Prunus bark.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method: Not extracted for perfumery. Peach tree is a fantasy accord built from green-woody materials, benzaldehyde, and leaf-green synthetics.

Molecular Formula	Complex mixture (gamma-decalactone C₁₀H₁₈O₂ is key odorant)
CAS Number	84012-34-0 (peach extract)
Botanical Name	Prunus persica
IFRA Status	No known restrictions
Synonyms	PEACH WOOD
Physical Properties
Odor Strength	Medium
Appearance	Pale yellow to dark amber liquid

In Perfumery

Heart-to-base note in orchard, green-woody, and atmospheric compositions. Functions as a realistic woody-green accord anchored by bitter-almond (benzaldehyde) and green-leaf elements. Built from green-woody materials, benzaldehyde, and fruity-green accords. carries the setting of a peach orchard rather than the fruit.