Floral

Tulip

Note Profile

Botanical 50 perfumes

Also Known As

Pink Tulip

About

A green, fresh, dewy floral with watery, slightly spicy undertones and a clean spring-like character.

Scent Profile

Tulip is green first and waxy second. The greenness is cool and vegetal, sap and stem rather than leaf, and under it sits a smooth, slightly cool wax from the long-chain hydrocarbons on the petal surface. A quiet floralcy stands behind both, faintly sweet - more suggestion than statement. The scent decays rather than develops: a gentle waxy greenness after a few hours, then a clean, faint green trace.

ScentWheel

Breadthfocused

EnvelopeHeart · ~3h lasting

Family Green & Aromatic, Waxy & Fatty, Floral

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

What this is made of

Tulip names no single substance

Reconstructed

Tulips carry almost no extractable scent and no tulip absolute is produced. The note is entirely reconstructed.

How the layers join

Origin

Tulip scent is not naturally distilled, as the flower yields little essential oil. In perfumery, its aroma is recreated through accords using molecules such as cis-3-hexenol, cyclamen aldehyde, and other green-floral synthetics to mimic its characteristic freshness.

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers use tulip accords primarily in the heart of floral compositions to add a sense of natural freshness and watery clarity. It blends well with other spring florals, green notes, and soft musks, and is often used to evoke a modern, clean floral impression.