Green

Strawberry Leaf

Note Profile

Natural

About

Strawberry Leaf is a green-herbal note derived from the leaves of the strawberry plant, used in perfumery to suggest the natural setting around the fruit rather than the fruit itself. It combines crisp leafy freshness with a faint echo of strawberry sweetness, adding realism and lift to fruity and floral compositions. Perfumers use it to make strawberry themes feel more natural, airy, and garden-like.

Scent Profile

Olfactorily, strawberry leaf is characterized as **green, herbal and slightly fruity**, with a crisp, leafy sharpness and only a light touch of strawberry sweetness.[8][10] Compared with the strawberry fruit note, it is less sugary and more vegetal, sometimes evoking crushed stems, tender foliage, and a cool garden atmosphere.[8][10] It can lend a subtly tart, slightly aqueous nuance that keeps otherwise sweet compositions from becoming cloying.[8][6]

Citrus 5%

Floral 10%

Fruity 15%

Green 75%

Sweet 10%

Warm 5%

Woody 5%

Earthy 10%

Animalic 0%

Fresh 35%

Origin

In nature, strawberry leaf corresponds to the fresh leaves of Fragaria species, especially Fragaria vesca, though the perfumery note is almost always a reconstructed accord rather than a direct essential oil.[9][10] Because true strawberry leaf extracts are limited and unstable, perfumers typically build the accord using green aromachemicals (such as leafy aldehydes and herbal molecules) combined with soft fruity and floral materials to suggest the plant.[8][10] It is conceptually linked to garden strawberry plants and is used to evoke the natural surroundings of strawberry patches in modern fragrance storytelling.[6][8]

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers use strawberry leaf primarily as a **top-to-heart** note to introduce fresh, green lift and to support strawberry or mixed red-fruit accords without adding heavy sweetness.[8][10] It blends well with rose, peony, and light musks to create youthful yet airy florals, and with grass, cassis leaf, and citrus to enhance a realistic garden impression.[8][10][6] Strawberry leaf is also employed to add a nuanced herbal-green facet to gourmand or fruity-floral fragrances, helping them feel more naturalistic and less confectionary.[8][10]