Саке

АкордНАПОЇквітковий · фруктовий · солодкий
Ноти серцяПіраміда
3/5Сила
—Стійкість
2Походження
Зразок
Саке як парфумерна сировина
Ноти серця
Oryza sativa (rice) with Aspergillus oryzae (koji fermentation)
Фантазійний/концептуальний
Визначення

Clean rice, soft fruit esters, and a faint lactic sweetness. Sake smells like a polished grain dissolved in spring water -- transparent, floral-fruity, quietly complex.

КВІТКОВИЙ ЗЕМЛИСТИЙ СОЛОДКИЙ ТЕПЛИЙ СВІЖИЙ СУХИЙ ГОРІХОВИЙ
nihonshu, saké
Type
Акорд
Olfactive family
Гурманські
Source
Fantasy/conceptual accord
Інструменти
Піраміда
ВВерхні ноти
СНоти серця
ББазові ноти
3/5Сила
Середня
інтенсивність запаху
Країни-виробники
Японія (Ніїґата, Хьоґо, Кіото, Хіросіма) Сполучені Штати (Орегон, Каліфорнія)

Запах

Clean, transparent, fruity-floral over a polished-rice base. Less boozy than wine, less sharp than gin, with a delicate melon-apple ester quality and a faint lactic softness. The impression is of purity and restraint -- water with flavour dissolved in it rather than flavour poured into water.

Докладно

Sake in perfumery is a fantasy accord evoking the Japanese rice wine -- a fermented beverage whose aroma is defined more by its delicacy than by any dominant note. High-quality sake (daiginjo, junmai ginjo) produces a remarkable range of fruit esters during fermentation: ethyl caproate (apple-melon), isoamyl acetate (banana), and ethyl acetate (clean, slightly sweet).

The accord captures this transparent, fruity-floral quality over a base of clean rice and a faint lactic acid softness. Key construction materials include ethyl caproate (the 'ginjo' aroma), isoamyl acetate, a trace of lactic acid or methyl laitone (for the koji fermentation impression), and rice-steam notes (2-acetyl-1-pyrroline at low levels). The result should be clean, transparent, and slightly sweet -- more mineral than boozy.

Functionally, sake works as a transparent, fruity-floral top-to-heart modifier. It provides a Japanese cultural reference without the heaviness of incense or the sharpness of yuzu. The note works in clean, minimalist, and Japanese-aesthetic compositions.

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Отримання й хімія

Спосіб отримання

No extraction from actual sake. The accord is reconstructed from synthetic fruit esters (ethyl caproate, isoamyl acetate), rice-steam molecules, and a faint lactic acid trace.

Формула
Key odorants: ethanol (C₂H₆O) · isoamyl acetate (C₇H₁₄O₂) · ethyl caproate (C₈H₁₆O₂)
CAS
N/A — fermented beverage, not a single molecule
Ботанічна назва
Oryza sativa (rice) with Aspergillus oryzae (koji fermentation)
Зовнішній вигляд
Clear, colorless to faintly golden liquid
Сила запаху
Середня
Синоніми
nihonshu, saké
Статус IFRA
Див. примітку

Not applicable: accord or concept, not a single material

Фізичні властивості
Нота
Sake is a fermented rice beverage. In perfumery, the note is a fantasy accord evoking the clean, slightly sweet, ricey-yeasty character. Ethanol content 15-17% ABV.

У парфумерії

Sake is a transparent, fruity-floral top-to-heart modifier. It provides a Japanese cultural reference through clean rice, fruit esters (ethyl caproate, isoamyl acetate), and a faint lactic softness. Less boozy than wine, more fruity than vodka, with a mineral transparency. The note works in minimalist, clean, and Japanese-aesthetic compositions alongside yuzu, hinoki, green tea, and rice-steam accords.

Роль у формулі
01модифікатор
02фірмова нота
03сполучний компонент
04свіжість
Форми випуску
синтетичний акорд фантазійна нота

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