Gorse
Note Profile
About
The yellow flower of Ulex europaeus, the spiny shrub of Atlantic heath and moorland. It smells strongly of coconut. There is no gorse extract, so the perfumery note is an accord perfumers build.
Scent Profile
Tropical is coconut, and all three sources say it without hedging. A wildlife trust, a trade glossary and a working perfumer all reach for the same word. Lactonic is the mechanism behind it: the glossary credits trace lactones, and Jorum Studio adds a waxy quality that sits in the same facet. Sweet_vanillic is the sun-warmed vanilla and the coumarin-adjacent sweetness, placed below the coconut because one source says explicitly it is more coconut than vanilla. Green covers two independent claims: the prickly edge from the spiny foliage, and the green and pollen facets that Jorum Studio's perfumer built into their accord on purpose. Floral because the note is the flower itself, not a coconut material. Nutty and tobacco_hay sit low: one lay source calls the smell nutty, and the glossary places gorse warmer than hay.
ScentWheel
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
Origin
Flowers of Ulex europaeus, common on coastal heath and moor in Britain, Ireland and western Europe. Not commercially extracted: the flowers sit among dense spines and harvest is impractical. Perfumers reconstruct the note from coconut-lactonic and green materials.
Usage in Perfumery
Used as a named note in niche perfumery, including Laboratory Perfumes' Gorse and Jorum Studio's Gorseland. 25 Fragrantica placements, none on Parfumo. It reads as a British coastal signature rather than a tropical one.
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