Gourmand

Wheat

Note Profile

Botanical 63 perfumes

About

Wheat in perfumery provides a warm, grainy, and slightly sweet aroma reminiscent of bread, wheat fields, or breakfast cereals. It can add a comforting, toasted, and wholesome quality to fragrances, often used in gourmand or earthy compositions. The note is subtle yet evocative, conjuring images of sunlit harvests and rustic bakeries.

Scent Profile

Wheat in perfumery imparts a warm, grainy aroma with subtle sweetness, evoking fresh bread, cereal, and sun-dried fields. Its scent is soft, slightly nutty, and can carry toasted or hay-like undertones that lend a comforting, wholesome quality. As it evolves, wheat reveals gentle earthy nuances that remain understated yet persistent.

ScentWheel

Breadthfocused

EnvelopeBase · ~24h lasting

Family Sweet & Gourmand, Amber · Musk · Leather

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

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ScentArt

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What this is made of

Bran absolute

A natural extract

CAS 68916-76-7

Wheat as a perfumery material is the absolute from wheat bran. IFF LMR lists a Triticum aestivum bran absolute, CAS 68916-76-7, made by solvent extraction of the outer layer of the wheat kernel. It smells of cereal with dried fruit, hay, apricot and honey. We hold it as Bran absolute under the same CAS. This is the toasted reading of wheat and not the raw grain.

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Origin

Wheat notes are typically created using natural wheat absolute, extracted from wheat germ or bran through solvent extraction, or via synthetic aroma molecules that replicate the grain's scent. The raw material is sourced from cultivated wheat crops, primarily in temperate agricultural regions. Natural wheat extracts are rare and costly, so synthetics are often used for consistency and availability.

Usage in Perfumery

Perfumers use wheat primarily in heart or base notes to add warmth, texture, and a gourmand facet to compositions. It blends well with vanilla, tonka bean, woods, and soft florals, as well as other cereal or nutty notes. Wheat is valued for its ability to evoke comfort and nostalgia in both gourmand and rustic, earthy fragrance structures.