Ingredients · Sea & water · Made in a lab

Melon & watermelon

Melons yield no extract; the watery, cucumber-edged sweetness is almost pure synthetic.

What it is

A fruit whose smell can’t be extracted, so perfumers rebuild it from other materials.

How perfumers build it

MelonalCalone (sea shell)cis-6-NonenolHelional

Worth knowing

Calone's industry nickname is 'watermelon ketone'.

Named by the house in 6 of the 352 perfumes read so far

Amber Oud Aqua DubaiAl Haramain · “Melon”Amber Oud Gold EditionAl Haramain · “Melon”BluAjmal · “Watermelon”Shaghaf Oud AhmarSwiss Arabian · “Melon”Erba GoldXerjoff · “Melon”Carnal FlowerFrédéric Malle · “watermelon”