Moon Flower

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Moon Flower is the night-opening white trumpet flower of the vine Ipomoea alba. It smells intensely sweet and tropical over a clean white-floral body, with a faint cool, minty edge. It is less indolic than jasmine and less narcotic than tuberose.

Scent Profile

Moon flower smells like a clean white floral, less indolic than jasmine and less narcotic than tuberose. The sweetness is almost sugary, closer to a radiating white sugar note than to a green flower. It reads heavier and more tropical than jasmine, with a faint cool, minty edge running through the petals.

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Family Floral, Sweet & Gourmand, Fruity

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Origin

Ipomoea alba, a climbing vine in the morning glory family (Convolvulaceae), native to tropical America and grown worldwide as an ornamental. The flowers open after dusk, and the strong sugary scent carries on still air to attract night-flying moths. No essential oil or absolute is produced from the flower, so every perfumery use is a reconstructed accord.

Usage in Perfumery

Built as an accord in white-floral and tropical-floral compositions, for a radiant, sugary night-flower effect that is cleaner and less narcotic than tuberose. 15 Fragrantica listings, grouped there under white flowers.