Pomelo Blossom

Note Profile

Botanical

About

The flower of the pomelo, Citrus grandis, the largest citrus and a parent of the grapefruit. The one publisher that describes it calls it 'sweet, gentle, and pure' and 'deep and richly floral'. Honey runs under the flower and a green leaf-and-branch note runs over it. It is not the fruit. The bright peel note published as pomelo shares nothing with it but the plant.

Scent Profile

White_floral leads. Both articles open there. One calls it 'a harmonious blend of sweet floral notes' and the other 'deep and richly floral'. It is a large white citrus flower and the vocabulary used for it is the vocabulary of that family. Floral runs beside it and carries the depth. The source's central claim about the material is that it has 'greater depth and a more rounded floral intensity' than neroli, so the roundness is scored separately from the white-flower character. Honeyed is third and it is named in both articles without hedging: 'deep and rich honey-like undertones' and 'a gentle honey-like sweetness'. Green is the last facet at or above. Both articles place it, one as 'a hint of green aroma from leaves and branches' and the other as 'a subtle freshness reminiscent of green leaves'. Below the line, citrus is low on purpose and the source is the reason. The publisher gives 'a hint of citrus freshness' to neroli and gives pomelo blossom only 'a touch of fresh crispness'. It never once describes the blossom in the sharp peel vocabulary it uses for the fruit. Sweet_vanillic and powdery are traces for a scent the source calls 'sweet, gentle, and pure'.

ScentWheel

Breadthmedium

EnvelopeHeart · ~6h lasting

Family Floral, Sweet & Gourmand

Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.

Origin

Citrus grandis (also written Citrus maxima), grown across southern China and southeast Asia. The blossom is a large white citrus flower. Areme, a Japanese fragrance house, publishes two articles on the material and treats it as an extractable flower in the same family as neroli, which is distilled from the bitter orange, Citrus aurantium. No supplier datasheet, yield figure or extraction method was found for a pomelo blossom oil or absolute.

Usage in Perfumery

Used as a heart note in the same place a citrus blossom usually goes, but for weight rather than lift. Areme's own comparison sets out the choice a perfumer makes: neroli is 'bright, uplifting, and elegant', pomelo blossom 'tends to have greater depth and a more rounded floral intensity'. The publisher describes the effect as 'soft and lingering, not overwhelming but subtly enchanting'.