Prunol

Note Profile

Molecule

About

Prunol is a trade name for a plum accord base, not a single molecule. Two different commercial products sell under the name and they do not smell alike. What they share is a fruity-lactonic plum with a creamy sweetness.

Scent Profile

Fruity leads and every source agrees on that much: a stone-fruit body that both suppliers and Fragrantica call plum. Lactonic runs directly under it and is the one facet both trade sources reach for independently, DirectPCW naming the material 'Fruity, Lactonic' and describing a 'plum-lactonic note' with a 'creamy-velvety sweetness'. Floral comes from Fraterworks alone, which calls Prunol SP a 'classical floral-fruit base' with 'plummy florals'. Sweet_vanillic is the creamy sweetness both suppliers describe, not sugar and not vanilla as such. Aldehydic is Fraterworks' 'aldehydic complexity' and matches the 'oily' aspect Fragrantica names. Boozy is the wine-toned liqueur reading Cap Perfume gives the plum accord in Femme. Under those sit a low warm spice, a tart sour edge and a trace of honey and cream.

ScentWheel

Breadthbroad

EnvelopeBase · ~10h lasting

Family Fruity, Sweet & Gourmand

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

Origin

No fragrance house publishes a captive called Prunol and no CAS or PubChem record exists for it. The name comes from a Roudnitska base used in Rochas Femme in 1944 to give a jammy plum reading inside a fruity chypre. Two suppliers sell material under the name today. DirectPCW's 'Prunol Base Type' is a modern reconstruction it labels 'Fruity, Lactonic', with 'a very natural plum-lactonic note and a distinctive creamy-velvety sweetness'. Fraterworks' 'Prunol SP' is a reissue of the historic base and reads differently: 'luscious sweet plummy florals with spicy, aldehydic complexity and powerful fantasy fruit character'. A commenter on the Fraterworks page says of it, 'no idea why its called prunol and associated with plums, there is zero connection'.

Usage in Perfumery

A fruity base material used to build plum and stone-fruit effects that persist past the top. In the classical use it sits inside a chypre and gives it a jammy fruit heart rather than acting as a top note. Ten Fragrantica entries and three Parfumo brands list it by name.