Is Pitahaya Flower natural or synthetic?

A fantasy or concept note, not a single material.

Pitahaya Flower

AccordFLOWERSfloral · fruity · fresh

HeartPyramid

3/5Strength

—Tenacity

4Origins

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Specimen

Pitahaya Flower perfume ingredient — Heart

Hylocereus undatus

Fantasy/Concept

Definition

Large, white, nocturnal, and faintly sweet. Dragon fruit flowers bloom for a single night -- they smell of jasmine-like sweetness with a green, cactus-like freshness.

FLORAL CITRUS GREEN SWEET WARM FRESH CREAMY TROPICAL

Dragon Fruit Flower, Hylocereus Flower

Type: Accord
Olfactive family: Florals
Subfamily: Green florals
Cluster: Green-fresh florals
Source: Fantasy/Concept
Chemical class: Fantasy accord

Instruments

Pyramid

TTop

HHeart

BBase

3/5Strength

Medium

odour strength

Producing countries

Colombia Mexico Nicaragua Vietnam

Scent

Faintly sweet, jasmine-like, and waxy-green. Like leaning close to a dragon fruit flower at midnight -- the large white petals exhale a gentle sweetness, greener and less heavy than jasmine, with the particular waxy, succulent quality of cactus flowers. Nocturnal and ephemeral.

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The Full Story

Pitahaya flower (Hylocereus undatus, dragon fruit cactus) is a large, spectacular nocturnal flower that blooms for a single night. The white, trumpet-shaped flowers open at dusk and close by morning. Their fragrance is subtle but sweet: jasmine-like, faintly green, with a waxy, cactus-adjacent quality.

The flowers are pollinated by bats and large moths, which explains the nocturnal blooming and the sweet, carrying fragrance. The scent is lighter than tuberose or jasmine but shares some of their narcotic, night-blooming character.

In perfumery, pitahaya flower is a fantasy accord. Built from jasmine-type florals, green-waxy cactus elements, and transparent musks.

The note functions in the heart, providing a tropical, nocturnal floral quality.

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Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method

Not extracted. Pitahaya flowers are too ephemeral (one-night bloom) for commercial extraction. Fantasy accord.

Formula: N/A — olfactory concept
CAS: N/A — olfactory concept
Botanical: Hylocereus undatus
Appearance: N/A — olfactory concept
Odour strength: Medium
Synonyms: Dragon Fruit Flower, Hylocereus Flower

IFRA status

See note

Not applicable: accord or concept, not a single material

Physical properties

Note: Pitahaya/Dragon Fruit Flower (Hylocereus undatus) is not commercially distilled. Used as an exotic fantasy note in perfumery.

In Perfumery

Heart note in nocturnal-floral, cactus, and tropical compositions. Functions as a gentle, night-blooming floral. Built from jasmine elements, green-waxy cactus notes, and transparent musks.

Role in the formula

01modifier

02lifting agent

03blender

04volume builder

05freshness

Available as

synthetic accord fantasy note