Chervil

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Soft green herb with faint anise

Scent Profile

Chervil smells of a soft, fresh green herb, between parsley and anise. A gentle sweetness and a faint liquorice edge sit over the leafy green. It is lighter and more delicate than parsley and much milder than tarragon or anise.

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EnvelopeTop · ~2h lasting

Family Green & Aromatic

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Materials That Can Make This Note

Perfumers can build Chervil from materials such as:

Estragole anisic · phenolic · anise

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A given perfume with this note may use some of these, or something else.

Origin

Chervil is the leaf of Anthriscus cerefolium, a delicate herb of the parsley family. The fresh herb holds only about 0.3% essential oil, and the seeds about 0.9%. The oil contains methylchavicol (estragole) and undecane. No perfumery house was found selling a chervil oil or absolute, so in a perfume the note is usually an accord.

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers use chervil as a light, fresh green-herb touch in the top of herbal, green and aromatic accords. It softens parsley-type greens and adds a faint, sweet anise edge. It is a rare note and appears in only a handful of perfumes.