Black Sapote
Note Profile
About
The pulp of Diospyros nigra, a Central American fruit in the persimmon family. Ripe flesh is dark brown and soft. It smells sweet, creamy and mild, with a chocolate or molasses impression that people argue about.
Scent Profile
Fruity leads because the ripe pulp is the referent and every source starts there. Sweet_vanillic is the caramel and vanilla the trade source names, and the reason the note reads as dessert rather than fruit bowl. Coffee_cacao is deliberately below sweet_vanillic: the chocolate impression is real and repeated, but Tasting Table warns it may be a subconscious connection to the name and the colour rather than a smell, and blind tasters reach for honey or molasses instead. Lactonic is the creamy, custard-textured pulp. Honeyed is that blind-taster answer scored on its own terms. Tropical holds the mild, faintly fermented quality the trade source leads with. A small boozy value carries the fermentation and a small nutty value the Fragrantica summary.
ScentWheel
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
Origin
Not a true sapote. Diospyros nigra sits in Ebenaceae with the persimmons, not in Sapotaceae with mamey. There is no commercial essential oil. The published perfumery note is a compounded impression of the ripe pulp.
Usage in Perfumery
A heart note in gourmand and tropical-fruit work, where it adds a soft dessert richness. It is a rare note and the usage claims for it are thin.
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