Ingredients · Fruits · Made in a lab

Quince

Quinces yield no perfume extract; the hard golden fruit's apple-and-pear smell is rebuilt from fruity esters.

What it is

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

How perfumers build it

Ethyl 2-methylbutyrateHexyl 2-methylbutyrate, not in Ingredients yetbeta-Ionone (powder puff)alpha-Farnesene, not in Ingredients yet

Known in

Chance Eau Tendre (Chanel, 2010)

Worth knowing

Marmalade takes its name from marmelo, the Portuguese word for quince.

Named by the house in 5 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

FantasyBritney Spears · “Golden Quince”Celestial ObjectLiis · “Quince”R.E.M.Ariana Grande · “Quince”NoMadBond No. 9 · “Quince”Pas ce SoirBDK Parfums · “Quince chutney”