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. It is less fruity and more herbal than the peach. A slight bitterness sits under the green.
Scent Profile
Peach leaf smells green and leafy first, crushed rather than sweet, with a slight bitterness underneath. An almond-like nutty note runs through it, from the same compound the fruit's kernel carries. It reads herbal and woody rather than fruity, closer to the plant than to the peach itself.
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Materials That Can Make This Note
Perfumers can build Peach Leaf from materials such as:
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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
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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