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Ноти серцяПіраміда
3/5Сила
—Стійкість
1Походження
Зразок
Гінкго як парфумерна сировина
Ноти серця
Ginkgo biloba
Фантазійний/концептуальний
Визначення

Fan-shaped leaves turning gold, with a fresh green scent. Ginkgo's leaves are clean and herbal; its fruit is notorious -- rancid butter and vomit, an evolutionary strategy for dispersal by dinosaurs.

ЗЕЛЕНИЙ СОЛОДКИЙ СВІЖИЙ
Ginkgo leaf, Maidenhair tree
Type
Акорд
Olfactive family
Ароматичні
Source
leaves and flowering tops
Chemical class
olfactory concept
Інструменти
Піраміда
ВВерхні ноти
СНоти серця
ББазові ноти
3/5Сила
Середня
інтенсивність запаху
Країни-виробники
Китай

Запах

Clean, green, faintly nutty, with a transparent, almost aquatic freshness. Lighter than galbanum, less sharp than bamboo, with a quiet, well-mannered greenness. The impression is visual as much as olfactory -- golden autumn leaves on wet pavement. No bitterness, no astringency, no olfactory aggression.

Докладно

Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) is a living fossil -- the last surviving member of an order that flourished 200 million years ago. The fan-shaped leaves have a mild, green, slightly nutty aroma. The fruit (technically a seed surrounded by a fleshy sarcotesta), produced only by female trees, is notoriously malodorous: butyric acid and hexanoic acid give it a rancid-butter, vomit-like smell.

In perfumery, the ginkgo note refers exclusively to the leaf -- the clean, green, mildly herbaceous impression. No one uses the fruit. Construction of a ginkgo accord typically employs green-leaf aldehydes (cis-3-hexenol), a faint nutty element (filbertone at trace levels), and light musks for the clean, modern quality. The note is about freshness and quiet beauty rather than olfactory drama.

Functionally, ginkgo works as a clean green modifier in the top-to-heart zone. It provides a specific, recognisable botanical reference -- the fan-shaped leaf is visually foundational -- without strong olfactory character. The note works in green, clean, and Japanese-aesthetic compositions.

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Отримання й хімія

Спосіб отримання

No standardised essential oil or absolute of Ginkgo biloba leaves is commercially produced for perfumery. Ginkgo leaf extract exists for nutraceutical use but is not aromatic. The note is reconstructed synthetically.

Формула
Complex mixture — key: bilobalide (C₁₅H₁₈O₈), ginkgolides
CAS
90045-36-6 (Ginkgo biloba extract)
Ботанічна назва
Ginkgo biloba
Зовнішній вигляд
Deciduous tree with particular fan-shaped leaves; ripe fruit pulp has a pungent, butyric acid-like odour
Сила запаху
Середня
Синоніми
Ginkgo leaf, Maidenhair tree
Статус IFRA
Див. примітку

Not subject to an IFRA Standard (51st Amendment)

Фізичні властивості
Нота
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) leaf extract. CAS 90045-36-6. Key compounds: ginkgolides (A, B, C), bilobalide (C₁₅H₁₈O₈, MW 326.30). The ripe fruit pulp contains butyric acid, giving its distinctive pungent odor.

У парфумерії

Ginkgo is a clean green modifier functioning in the top-to-heart zone. The accord captures the leaf (not the fruit) of Ginkgo biloba: green, faintly nutty, transparent. Built from cis-3-hexenol, trace filbertone, and clean musks. The note works in green, clean, and Asian-aesthetic compositions as a gentle, recognisable botanical reference.

Роль у формулі
01фірмова нота
02компонент піднесення
03сполучний компонент
04натуралізатор
05формувач об’єму
06свіжість
Форми випуску
синтетичний акорд фантазійна нота

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