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Pineapple Blossom

Q: Is Pineapple Blossom natural or synthetic?

. Extraction: Not extracted. Pineapple flowers have no viable aromatic yield. Fantasy accord..

FLOWERS / floral · tropical · fruity

Pineapple Blossom

Category	FLOWERS
Subcategory	floral · tropical · fruity
Origin
Volatility	Heart Note
Botanical	Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.
Appearance	Small lavender to reddish-purple flowers emerging from the pineapple crown
Odor Strength	Medium
Producing Countries	South America
Pyramid	Heart

Faintly floral, green, and barely perceptible. Pineapple flowers have almost no scent -- the note is a perfumer's invention, bridging the tropical fruit with a delicate floral quality.

Scent
The Full Story
Fun Fact
Extraction & Chemistry
In Perfumery

Scent

Barely there. Faintly tropical-floral with a whisper of pineapple sweetness. Like pressing your nose to the crown of an unripe pineapple -- not the bold, juicy fruit aroma, but a quieter, greener, more floral suggestion of it. A perfumer's hypothesis about a nearly scentless flower.

Evolution over time

Immediately

Faint, tropical-floral, with a whisper of pineapple sweetness.

After a few hours

Nearly imperceptible. A light, clean, musky-floral trace.

After a few days

Gone. Extremely light and volatile.

The Full Story

Pineapple blossom (Ananas comosus) refers to the small, lavender-blue flowers that make up the pineapple inflorescence. Each pineapple fruit is formed from the fusion of 100-200 individual flowers. The flowers themselves have virtually no detectable fragrance.

In perfumery, pineapple blossom is a fantasy accord that imagines what a fragrant pineapple flower might smell like: a delicate, tropical-floral sweetness with a faint fruity-pineapple thread. It is lighter, softer, and more floral than pineapple fruit notes.

Perfumers build it using light tropical-floral materials, a barely perceptible pineapple-ester thread (allyl hexanoate, ethyl butyrate at trace levels), and transparent musks for a clean, airy quality.

The note sits in the top-to-heart range, providing an ephemeral tropical-floral freshness.

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

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Did You Know?

Did you know?

A pineapple is technically a multiple fruit formed from the fusion of 100-200 individual flowers into a single structure. Each hexagonal segment on the skin was once a separate flower. The entire growing process takes 18-24 months from planting to harvest.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method: Not extracted. Pineapple flowers have no viable aromatic yield. Fantasy accord.

Molecular Formula	N/A — complex flower material
CAS Number	N/A — no single CAS (flower)
Botanical Name	Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.
IFRA Status	No known restrictions
Synonyms	ANANAS COMOSUS FLOWER · PINEAPPLE FLOWER
Physical Properties
Odor Strength	Medium
Appearance	Small lavender to reddish-purple flowers emerging from the pineapple crown

In Perfumery

Top-to-heart note in tropical-floral and delicate-fruity compositions. Functions as a light, floral interpretation of pineapple -- less fruity, less aggressive. Built from transparent tropical florals, trace pineapple esters, and clean musks.