Persimmon

A soft fruit note — honeyed and gentle, somewhere between apricot and ripe pear, without the sharpness that most fruit notes carry. It is rounder and less sugary than peach, and it does not have the sourness of berry notes.

Persimmon yields no essential oil of any use, so the note is built rather than extracted. That is normal for fruit in fine fragrance: almost every fruit note you have ever smelled, outside of citrus peel, is a construction.

It sits in the heart and gives a blend a warmth that is fruity rather than sweet — useful in autumn and winter scents, where a brighter fruit would feel out of season. Paired with woods it reads as mellow; paired with florals it reads as juicy.