Vine

Sharp, sappy green with a tart-acidic edge. More vegetal than galbanum, more specifically plant-like than cis-3-hexenol. The methoxypyrazine character gives it a bell-pepper green quality that is unmistakably vine-like. On skin it dries to a woody-green, like dried vine cuttings left in the sun.

Vine in perfumery refers to the green, sappy scent of Vitis vinifera — grapevine shoots, tendrils, and leaves rather than the fruit itself. The smell is intensely vegetal, tart, and green, with a raw sappy quality that distinguishes it from other green notes like galbanum or violet leaf.

The green vine character comes from cis-3-hexenal (cut-grass aldehyde), methoxypyrazines (responsible for the particular green-bell-pepper note of Sauvign on Blanc grapes), and various terpenes. The pyrazine character is notable — a sharp, almost metallic green that reads as specifically 'vine' rather than generic 'green.'

In perfumery, vine notes appear in green, fresh, and wine-inspired compositions. The note carries European vineyards — Provence, Tuscany, the Douro Valley — and carries cultural associations with wine, harvest, and Mediterranean agricultural landscapes.

This note in Première Peau. Simili Mirage · Gravitas Capitale. Sample all seven extraits in the Discovery Set.

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