What Is Strawberry Used For In Perfume?
Strawberry is a bright, juicy, and playful note in perfumery, used to bring a fruity sweetness to compositions. While fresh strawberries have a light aroma, their candy-like, jammy, or green facets are often amplified in fragrance.
Origin in Perfumery
Strawberries are native to both Europe and the Americas, but their scent in perfumery is synthetic. The actual fruit doesn't yield an essential oil, so perfumers recreate its scent using aroma molecules like aldehydes, esters, and lactones.
Function
Strawberry is most commonly a top note, delivering an immediate burst of sweetness. It adds a youthful, fresh energy to perfumes, often complementing florals, vanillas, and woods. Strawberry Gariguette is a top note in Phlur's Strawberry Letter Perfume.
Ingredient Type
Perfumers use synthetic strawberry accords crafted from a mix of fruity esters, lactones, and aldehydes to replicate its juicy, ripe scent.
Scent Profile of Strawberry
Strawberry has a sweet, fruity, and slightly tangy aroma with nuances of green leaves, jam, or even caramel depending on the formulation.
Variations of Strawberry in Perfumery
- Fresh Strawberry – Crisp, juicy, and slightly tart.
- Strawberry Jam – Richer, deeper, and more syrupy.
- Green Strawberry – A fresher take with herbaceous undertones.
What Fragrance Family is Strawberry in?
Strawberry belongs to the Fresh fragrance family (in the fruity subcategory) and is often paired with Floral, Gourmand, and Citrus compositions for added vibrancy.
