Green

Soybean

Note Profile

Botanical 1 perfume

About

Soybean is a legume note used to suggest creamy bean, grain, and mild nutty facets. In perfumery it can also lean toward fermented, savory nuances depending on the accord or extraction.

Scent Profile

Soybean typically smells creamy, soft, and slightly nutty, with a warm grain-like impression. Depending on the material, it may also show a subtle fermented, legume, or bean-paste nuance that keeps it from reading as a simple nut note.

ScentWheel

Breadthfocused

EnvelopeHeart · ~5h lasting

Family Green & Aromatic

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

What this is made of

Soybean names no single substance

Reconstructed

Refined soybean oil is a fixed carrier with no odour.

How the layers join

Origin

In fragrance contexts, soybean may refer to a soy-derived accord, flavor-style interpretation, or a note inspired by the odor of the bean rather than a single standardized perfumery isolate. The scent character is associated with the plant material Glycine max and with processed soy materials used in aroma studies and food-flavor work.

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers use soybean-style notes to add softness, creamy body, and a rounded legume nuance to gourmand, milky, and cereal accords. It can support hazelnut, grain, sesame, vanilla, and roasted facets, and is usually used as a low-to-moderate intensity modifier rather than a dominant top note.