Green

Green Banana

Note Profile

Natural 1 perfume

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

The scent is green, slightly fruity, and subtly creamy, with a firm unripe character. In perfume it can read as cold, leafy, and a little metallic, especially when paired with watery or aldehydic materials.

Citrus 8%

Floral 12%

Fruity 68%

Green 82%

Sweet 22%

Warm 6%

Woody 3%

Earthy 10%

Animalic 0%

Fresh 55%

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.