Licorice Flower

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Licorice flower is the blossom of the licorice plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, whose root gives the published licorice note. As a fragrance note it is faint: green and herbal in front, gently anise-like behind, with a soft floral body and only a trace of the root's sweetness.

Scent Profile

Licorice Flower smells green and herbal first, faintly sweet rather than candy-like. A gentle anise note runs behind it, softer than liquorice root. A soft floral body underlies the whole thing, with only a whisper of the root's sweetness and a light powdery finish.

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Origin

There is no licorice flower extract. The one trade source found, the Premiere Peau glossary, describes a built accord rather than a natural: 'low-level anethole, green-herbal materials, and faint sweetness'. Anethole is the same molecule that carries the root, used here at a far lower level. No GC-MS or headspace study of Glycyrrhiza glabra flower volatiles was found. The published analyses, including the PubMed 'Key Aroma Compounds in Raw Licorice' work, all measure root and rhizome.

Usage in Perfumery

Fragrantica records 2 placements and files the term under Flowers with one line of prose: 'With a sweet and aniseed aroma.' Parfumo records none. Its stated job is to be the light version of the root: 'a lighter, more floral alternative to licorice root', 'less intense than licorice root by an order of magnitude'.