Peach Leaf
Note Profile
About
Peach leaf is the foliage of Prunus persica, not the fruit. It smells green and leafy first, with an almond nuance that comes from benzaldehyde in the leaf itself. Both sources that describe it say it is less fruity and more herbal than the peach. A slight bitterness sits under the green. Only two community sources describe it, so this vector is held loosely.
Scent Profile
Green leads by a wide margin and both sources put it first: crushed leaf, distinctly leafy, with a slight bitter edge. Nutty is the facet that gives this note an identity of its own. Both sources name an almond character and one ties it to benzaldehyde, a compound the leaf and the kernel share, so it is chemistry rather than a poetic reach. Aromatic_herbal follows from the direct claim that the leaf is less fruity and more herbal and woody than the fruit. Below the line, a thin dry_woody comes from that same sentence, and fruity is deliberately small: every source that mentions peach fruit does so to say the leaf is not it. A faint floral and sweetness are named for the boiled leaf only, so they sit low.
ScentWheel
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
Origin
Prunus persica, Rosaceae, the same tree that bears the peach. The described smell is the crushed or boiled leaf. No manufacturer olfactive brief for a commercial 'peach leaf' extract could be found, so it is not established whether perfumers buy a real leaf extract or build the effect from benzaldehyde plus green aldehydes.
Usage in Perfumery
Used as a green top note in orchard and fruity-green accords, where it gives the leaf and twig of a peach tree rather than the flesh. Attested on 14 Fragrantica entries and 6 Parfumo entries across 4 brands. Fragrantica files it under Greens, herbs and fougeres.
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