Green Banana names no single substance
ReconstructedAn unripe stage, not a material.
Green Banana
Note Profile
About
Green Banana is an unripe banana accord with a fresh, vegetal edge. It suggests banana skin, green pulp, and crushed foliage rather than the sweet ripe fruit effect.
Scent Profile
Green banana smells green and waxy, unripe rather than sweet, closer to banana skin and crushed foliage than to soft ripe fruit. It has a firm, humid tropical weight, warmer and heavier than a cooler green leaf note. The waxy green peel is pulled forward here, fatty rather than sugary, so the banana reads as fruity flesh with almost no creaminess. A faint medicinal edge sits at the back.
ScentWheel
Breadthfocused
EnvelopeHeart · ~4h lasting
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
What this is made of
Origin
Green Banana is usually an accord rather than a single natural extract, built from fruity esters, lactones, and green modifiers to suggest the smell of unripe banana. In perfumery it may be reconstructed with materials such as isoamyl acetate in lower-fruit contexts, leafy notes, and supporting lactones to keep the banana impression recognizable.
Usage in Perfumery
Perfumers use it as a novelty fruit note, a green tropical accent, or a bridge between leafy top notes and softer fruity heart notes. It works with banana flower, pear, green tea, galbanum, coconut, and light musks when the goal is a fresh tropical effect rather than a dessert-like banana accord.
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Perfumes featuring Green Banana
A selection of reviewed perfumes where Green Banana appears prominently.
