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Yellow Bells

Q: Is Yellow Bells natural or synthetic?

. Extraction: No commercial extraction. Flowers too mild for viable oil production..

FLOWERS / floral · fresh · sweet

Yellow Bells

Category	FLOWERS
Subcategory	floral · fresh · sweet
Origin
Volatility	Heart Note
Botanical	Tecoma stans
Appearance	Colorless to pale yellow liquid
Odor Strength	Medium
Producing Countries	Central America, Mexico, Southwestern United States
Pyramid	Heart

Bright, honey-sweet, trumpet-shaped tropical floral. Yellow bells (Tecoma stans) have a mild, pleasant scent: warm, sweet, and slightly green.

Scent
The Full Story
Fun Fact
Extraction & Chemistry
In Perfumery

Scent

Mild, honey-sweet, warm-sunny floral. Lighter than jasmine, less complex than ylang. A simple, pleasant sweetness noticed and forgotten in the same breath.

Evolution over time

Immediately

Mild honey-sweet floral, warm

After a few hours

Gentle floral sweetness

After a few days

Faint warm-sweet trace, quickly fading

The Full Story

Yellow bells (Tecoma stans) is a tropical shrub in the Bignoniaceae family. Bright yellow flowers have mild, honey-sweet fragrance, not strong enough for commercial extraction.

Lighter and less narcotic than most tropical florals. Warm, sunny sweetness with slight green undertone.

In perfumery, yellow bells is a conceptual note representing warm, sunny, uncomplicated tropical florals. Reconstructed from phenylacetic acid, gentle florals, and green modifiers.

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?

Tecoma stans is the official flower of the US Virgin Islands and the Bahamas. Its leaves contain alkaloids with documented hypoglycemic activity.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method: No commercial extraction. Flowers too mild for viable oil production.

Molecular Formula	N/A — no standard isolate
CAS Number	N/A — no commercial essential oil
Botanical Name	Tecoma stans
IFRA Status	No known restrictions
Synonyms	YELLOW TRUMPET · YELLOW ELDER · GINGER THOMAS
Physical Properties
Odor Strength	Medium
Lasting Power	200 hours
Appearance	Colorless to pale yellow liquid

In Perfumery

Heart note in sunny tropical compositions. Reconstructed from phenylacetic acid, Hedione, linalool traces, and green modifiers. Provides warm sunny backdrop.