Bromelia

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Bromelia is the flower of a bromeliad, not the pineapple fruit. Fragrantica files it under Flowers and that is how it is scored here. The only analytical source found covers 13 species across four Bromeliaceae genera and reports a green, myrcene-led profile in most of them, with a floral and honeyed layer in the species that carry phenylacetaldehyde.

Scent Profile

Bromelia is the flower of a bromeliad, not the pineapple itself, and it reads mostly green: cut grass and leaf with a herbal, pine-like edge. A floral note sits close behind, sweet and honeyed in some species, faint in others. A light citrus streak runs through it too, closer to lemon and grapefruit. The tropical, pineapple-like family resemblance is there but stays faint, since it belongs more to the ripe fruit than to the flower.

ScentWheel

Breadthmedium

EnvelopeHeart · ~4h lasting

Family Green & Aromatic, Floral

Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.

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Origin

Bromelia is a genus in Bromeliaceae, the pineapple family, native to tropical and subtropical America. No manufacturer publishes a captive Bromelia base or absolute. Nothing was found from Givaudan, Firmenich, IFF or Symrise under this name. It is not established whether the perfumery note is an extraction, a reconstruction, or a marketing name for a fruity-floral accord.

Usage in Perfumery

A heart-note tropical flower. Attested on 4 Fragrantica perfumes and absent from Parfumo, so it is a Fragrantica-side term with thin usage. In practice it does the work of a green tropical bloom, fresher and less creamy than the white florals it sits near.