Almond-bitter, faintly honeyed, with a green-bark undertone. Bird cherry blossom smells like marzipan left outside — sweet, sharp, slightly wild.
- Type
- Складник
- Olfactive family
- Квіткові
- Source
- flowers
- Chemical class
- complex natural (essential oil)
Запах
Теруар і походження
Докладно
Цікавий факт
Bird cherry bark and leaves release hydrogen cyanide when damaged — the particular 'marzipan' smell of crushed bird cherry leaves is literally the smell of cyanide. In Scandinavia, bird cherry wood was traditionally never burned indoors because of the toxic fumes.
Отримання й хімія
Спосіб отримання
Small-scale steam distillation or solvent extraction of flowers. Not widely produced commercially. The bark and leaves can also be distilled but yield cyanogenic compounds requiring careful handling.
- Формула
- Complex mixture — contains benzaldehyde, prunasin (cyanogenic glycoside)
- Ботанічна назва
- Prunus padus
- Зовнішній вигляд
- Pale yellow to amber liquid
- Сила запаху
- Середня
- Синоніми
- PADUS WILD CHERRY
No IFRA Standard for the material itself (51st Amendment)
- Нота
- Prunus padus — bird cherry flower absolute; very rare in perfumery
У парфумерії
Heart note providing bitter-almond florality with green-woody complexity. Benzaldehyde-dominant profile works in almond-themed, spring-floral, and green-bitter compositions. Complements heliotropin, coumarin, and tonka accords. Functions as a natural source of marzipan character with more dimensionality than synthetic benzaldehyde alone.
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