Pua Kenikeni

Note Profile

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Creamy honeyed tropical white flower

Scent Profile

Pua kenikeni is a rich, creamy-sweet tropical white flower. It sits between gardenia and frangipani: narcotic and creamy, with a warm, honeyed thickness. It is warmer and more honeyed than tuberose. As the flower ages it deepens into a persistent sweet-floral warmth with an amber-like tone.

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Breadthmedium

EnvelopeHeart · ~7h lasting

Family Floral, Fruity, Sweet & Gourmand

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Origin

Pua kenikeni is the flower of Fagraea berteroana (also spelt F. berteriana), a small tree of the Pacific islands, also called pua lulu. The trumpet flowers open white and turn orange as they age over a few days. The flower is rarely extracted. In Polynesia it is used to scent monoi oil.

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers treat it as a heart note in tropical, Pacific Island and white-floral compositions. Because it is rarely extracted, it is usually built as a gardenia and frangipani accord.