Zucchini
Note Profile
About
Zucchini is the immature fruit of Cucurbita pepo, used in perfumery as an idea rather than an extract. There is no zucchini oil or absolute on sale. The note is built from green aldehydes and alcohols borrowed from the cucumber and melon palette.
Scent Profile
Zucchini smells green and grassy, the same fresh C6 character cucumber has. A mild, watery freshness runs underneath, softer and less crisp than cucumber itself. The whole note stays quiet and neutral, with only faint traces of anything else.
ScentWheel
Read off the wheel, not a label applied to the note.
ScentArt
Origin
Cucurbita pepo, picked young. The one species-level analysis reachable (PMC5602975) profiles C. pepo pulp and finds thirty-one volatiles, led by ethanol at 23.6 per cent, ethyl ether at 15.4 per cent, ethyl acetate at 12.9 per cent and 1-hexanol at 4.8 per cent. No commercial extraction exists.
Usage in Perfumery
Reconstructed, not distilled. Perfumers reach for hexanal and the melon aldehydes to place a mild vegetal green in a top accord. It sits near cucumber and green melon.
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Perfumes featuring Zucchini
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