Mandarine Meringue
Note Profile
About
Mandarine meringue is a gourmand accord: mandarin peel over whipped sugar and egg white. No source describes the combination, so this is built from the two halves.
Scent Profile
Mandarine Meringue smells of mandarin peel and whipped sugar meringue, level with each other rather than one leading. The citrus is smooth and sweet-tart rather than sharp, and a powdery sugar dusting sits over a creamy body. A juicy mandarin-flesh note and a faint vanilla sweetness round out the middle.
ScentWheel
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
ScentArt
Origin
A compound term, not a material. Nobody sells a mandarine meringue extract. The mandarin half is cold-pressed Citrus reticulata peel oil, which Eden Botanicals describes as a 'smooth, sweet-tart citrus aroma typical of Mandarin with a slight floral undertone' used 'as a modifier for other citrus oils... or as a particular note for special effects'. The meringue half is the accord already published here, built from vanillin, ethyl maltol and lactones. A perfume literally called Meringue does list mandarin in its top, but its own reviewers say it has nothing to do with the dessert, so that product is not used as evidence.
Usage in Perfumery
A top-and-heart gourmand. The mandarin gives lift and stops the sugar from sitting flat. The meringue gives the body. It is used the way other citrus-plus-sugar accords are used, next to vanilla, white musk and cream notes, and it is lighter than a baked-pastry note because there is no crust or butter in it.
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