Somewhere between a blackberry, a strawberry, and a blackcurrant: the raspberry note has a decidedly berry-like nuance. It’s sweet as candy, and yet has a rather soft effect. This fruity note is most often found in feminine fragrances.
Despite how delectably fragrant raspberries are, it is—unfortunately—impossible to extract essential oil from the berry. Luckily, clever perfumers have recreated the fragrance using molecules that are present in the fruit itself. Frambinone, or raspberry ketone, is the most popular synthetic replacement.
Dainty, delicate and deeply pink… Raspberries have inspired our imagination and taste buds since time immemorial. In ancient Greek mythology, raspberries are said to have originally been white—that is, until a nymph named Ida, daughter of the King of Crete and wet-nurse to Zeus, went to pick white raspberries to calm Zeus’ tears. She pricked her breast on an exposed thorn and is said to have bled a deep red so pervasive that it forever colored the fruit in its iconic pink shade.
Mexico, Poland, United States of America
Hot Couture opens with fruity and sparkling notes, with a "raspberry nectar" accord, melting into a heart of Jasmine Grandiflorum Absolute from India, to which is added the essence of Vetiver from Haiti in the base notes.
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