Note

Banana Flower

Banana flower has a mild vegetal smell, closer to fresh plant tissue than ripe banana flesh. A perfume interpretation can add a green floral heart alongside tropical flowers and watery notes.

In 4 perfumes.

Found in Perfect Nonsense Banana Oud, Applejuice Crush and Dirty Banana

Most popular with banana flower

The best-known perfumes carrying it anywhere in the pyramid.

Often paired with

Notes that show up next to banana flower more often than chance would predict.

Too few perfumes to say.

How it reads

Woody and green above all. Reaches for lactonic, white floral and earthy far more often than the catalogue as a whole, and rarely for vanilla.

  • woody
  • green
  • lactonic
  • sweet
  • white floral
  • earthy
  • fruity
  • balsamic