Maraschino Cherry

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Maraschino cherry is the preserved fruit, not the fresh one. It is intensely sweet and syrupy, candied rather than juicy, with a bitter-almond edge and a powdery vanilla softness. A slight boozy lift sits behind it.

Scent Profile

Candied fruit and syrup lead together: fruity and sweet vanillic at almost equal weight, dense rather than juicy. A sharp nutty bitter-almond facet cuts the sugar and stops it going flat. Powdery vanilla from heliotropin softens the edges, and a boozy lift sits behind the sweetness. Sour stays low, and that is the stated difference from fresh cherry.

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Breadthmedium

EnvelopeHeart · ~7h lasting

Family Fruity, Sweet & Gourmand

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Materials That Can Make This Note

Perfumers can build Maraschino Cherry from materials such as:

Benzaldehyde almond · cherry · cinnamon

Smell words come from published sources.

Allergens perfumes with this note can list: Bitter almond

A given perfume with this note may use this material, or something else, and may or may not contain the allergens above.

Origin

A synthetic accord, not an extract. A ratio inside the general cherry accord gives the effect: benzaldehyde to para-tolualdehyde at about 4:1 or 5:1 gives the candied, syrupy maraschino character instead of plain bitter almond. Heliotropin adds the creamy cherry-pit warmth. The referent is fruit preserved in sugar and brine.

Usage in Perfumery

A gourmand note. Perfumers use it for cocktail and dessert accords, over vanilla, tonka, cacao and boozy bases. It reads as deliberate artifice, so it suits fragrances that want the sundae or the bar rather than the orchard.