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MOM PERFUMES / FRAGRANCE NOTE LIBRARY

Apple

A crisp fruity effect that can suggest green peel, juicy flesh or sweet cider.

Fruity

  • Crisp
  • Juicy
  • Green
  • Sweet
Apple

What does it smell like?

Fresh and tart-green in some perfumes, ripe and sweet in others.

What is it?

A constructed fruit note rather than proof that apple juice or an apple essential oil is in the perfume.

The material

A blend of aroma materials chosen to evoke apple.

Where does it come from?

An accord has no single growing region or botanical origin.

Types and forms

Green apple, ripe apple and cider-like effects represent different compositional choices.

Natural and manufactured materials

The perfume note describes a scent effect. It may be constructed from manufactured aroma materials and, where appropriate, natural extracts. The note name does not disclose a formula or certify ingredient origin.

How it is produced or composed

Perfumers combine fruity and fresh materials. Manzanate is one supplier-documented material with ripe-apple and cider facets, not a complete apple formula.

Its role in perfume

Often gives an immediate juicy lift and carries fruitiness into the heart. Pyramid positions are useful tendencies, not fixed rules or performance guarantees.

Material type

  • Perfumery material or accord

Accords and scent relationships

  • Fruity
  • Pairings are editorial exploration ideas, not formula rules.

Explore combinations

Ideas for exploring scent; related notes are not necessarily synonyms.

Perfumes containing this note

Selected from MOM's structured fragrance profiles for this exact note. A listed note describes the fragrance and does not disclose its formula.

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