Raspberry Macaron
Note Profile
About
Raspberry macaron is a gourmand note built from two halves that both have to be present: warm raspberry jam and the almond-flour shell of a French macaron. It is not raspberry with sugar added, and it is not the published macaron note with a fruit top. The jam is cooked, so it reads rounder and less tart than fresh raspberry.
Scent Profile
Raspberry Macaron smells of warm, cooked raspberry jam, rounder and less tart than fresh berries. Toasted almond flour sits equally alongside it, the shell that keeps this from reading as a plain berry note. A sweet caramelised sugar and vanilla note runs through both halves. A powdery, ground-almond dust and a buttery, creamy filling round out the base, with only a light tartness left over from the cooked fruit.
ScentWheel
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
ScentArt
Origin
A built accord, like every macaron note. There is no extract of a pastry. Sucre Abeille publishes its build as warm raspberry jam, toasted almond flour, caramelised sugar, Madagascar vanilla, heavy cream, unsalted butter and a splash of rose water. Wellington Fragrance builds a related raspberry-peach version from raspberry, peach, grape and apricot over vanilla macaron, white sugar and almond cream.
Usage in Perfumery
A heart-to-base gourmand note in sweet fruity compositions and in patisserie-themed lines. It pairs with vanilla and cream. Two Fragrantica perfumes and two Parfumo placements across two brands carry it, so it is thinly used but real.
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