Floral

Frangipani

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Sweet, exotic tropical white floral

Also Known As

Red Frangipani

Scent Profile

Frangipani is a heady white floral with a sweet, waxy warmth. Coconut-milk and honeyed-cream notes give it a tropical feel. The opening has a light citrus and green lift. Soft spice and a balsamic, vanilla-like base give it weight, with a faint medicinal edge in the middle. It dries down warm and slightly powdery, closer to sun-warmed monoi oil than to fresh-cut flowers. Underneath sits a soft, creamy wood, like sandalwood, which rounds the sweet flower.

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Breadthmedium

EnvelopeHeart · ~6h lasting

Family Fruity, Floral, Waxy & Fatty

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Materials That Can Make This Note

Perfumers can build Frangipani from materials such as:

Natural extract Frangipani absolute creamy · floral · tropical
Benzyl benzoate balsamic · balsam · oily
Benzyl salicylate balsamic · balsam · musky
Linalool citrus · woody · lily
Nerolidol citrus · waxy · woody

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Allergens perfumes with this note can list: Benzyl benzoate, Benzyl salicylate, Linalool, Geraniol

A given perfume with this note may use some of these, or something else, and may or may not contain the allergens above.

Origin

Frangipani is the flower of Plumeria, a tropical tree of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae). It is native to the West Indies and is now grown in every tropical region. A small amount of absolute is made, mostly in India, by hexane extraction of the fresh flowers. Most perfumes use an accord instead. It is built from materials found in the flower, such as benzyl salicylate, linalool and nerolidol, with some fantasy.

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers use frangipani mainly in the heart of floral and exotic compositions, where it imparts a lush, tropical character. It blends well with other white florals such as jasmine and ylang-ylang, as well as creamy, woody, and fruity notes. Its presence adds opulence and a sunlit, vacation-like quality to both feminine and unisex fragrances.