Green

Green Sap

Note Profile

Natural

About

Green Sap is a figurative fragrance note that evokes the smell of fresh plant sap released when stems or leaves are broken. It recreates a wet, intensely green, slightly bitter impression, suggesting raw vegetation and living plants in motion. Perfumers use it to bring a vivid, botanical realism and a sense of pulsing life to green compositions.

Scent Profile

Olfactorily, Green Sap is described as wet, bitter, and intensely vegetal, capturing the exact smell of a crushed stem leaking fluid.[6][7] It has a chlorophyll-like, leafy character with a faintly metallic edge and a watery sharpness that feels fresh and outdoorsy.[2][7] The overall profile sits between cut grass and raw stems, with a slightly sticky, sappy nuance and subtle earthy undertones.[6][7]

Citrus 5%

Floral 5%

Fruity 0%

Green 75%

Sweet 5%

Warm 5%

Woody 5%

Earthy 15%

Animalic 0%

Fresh 35%

Origin

Green Sap is not a single natural extract but a constructed accord that imitates the odour of plant sap and bruised stems.[6][7] Perfumers build it using combinations of green molecules (such as leafy aldehydes, galbanum-type materials, and other herbaceous aromatics) to suggest chlorophyll, moisture, and the bitterness of raw vegetation.[3][6] It is inspired by the natural experience of breaking a fresh twig or stem and smelling the liquid that seeps out, rather than by a specific plant species.[6][7]

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers employ Green Sap primarily as a top to heart note to introduce immediacy, freshness, and a vivid, botanical realism to compositions.[2][6] It is common in green florals, herbaceous fragrances, and nature-inspired scents where it can sharpen leafy elements, accentuate florals with a fresh-stem facet, or link citrus and woody notes.[3][6] Green Sap blends well with grass, tea, citrus, aromatic herbs, and delicate flowers, and it can also add a dynamic, living quality to woods and musks.[3][6][7]