Coconut

Middle (heart) note Gourmand Fruity Fragrance oil

Creamy, milky and tropical, like fresh coconut flesh or sunscreen. Can read like suntan lotion, which some people love and others don't.

Made from: A blended fragrance oil built on lactones (including the misleadingly named 'aldehyde C-18'); coconut carrier oil has almost no scent, and no coconut essential oil exists.
Strength: ●●●○○
Cost: Budget
Moods: Uplifting Calming Nostalgic
Seasons: Summer, Spring
Rooms: Bathroom, Bedroom, Living room

Blend with it

No special cautions at normal use.

How it behaves

CandlesGreat

Throws very well in paraffin and coconut-soy blends; coconut-lime and coconut-vanilla are best sellers.

Wax meltsGreat

Reed diffuserGood

Room & linen sprayGood

Electric (water) diffuserAvoid

Cold-process soapGreat

Plain coconut oils usually behave well with little discoloration, but many 'coconut cream' blends contain vanillin and turn tan. Check the supplier's vanillin content.

Melt-and-pour soapGreat

Behaves well; only vanillin-heavy blends brown.

Laundry & cleaningGood

Pairs well with

Don't have it? Try Almond.

In these blends

Salt & Driftwood

A windy afternoon on the beach — salt spray, warm sand and sun-bleached wood.

Coconut · Sea Salt · Atlas Cedarwood · Bergamot · Freesia · Amber

Top 33% Middle 39% Base 28%

RefreshingCalmingSummer

Mango Sunset

Ripe mango and pineapple at a beach bar as the sky goes orange.

Coconut · Mango · Honeysuckle · Vanilla · Pineapple

Top 33% Middle 47% Base 20%

UpliftingEnergizingSummer

Peppermint Bark

Holiday candy tins: cool peppermint over creamy chocolate.

Almond · Chocolate · Coconut · Spearmint · Peppermint · Vanilla

Top 25% Middle 44% Base 31%

FestiveNostalgicWinter

Coconut Lime Verbena

A tall glass of lime over ice by a pool — creamy coconut, zesty verbena.

Coconut · Lime · Lemongrass · Sandalwood · Litsea Cubeba (May Chang) · Vanilla

Top 31% Middle 46% Base 23%

RefreshingUpliftingSummer

A little lore

The coconut note in perfumery comes largely from gamma-nonalactone, which suppliers still call 'aldehyde C-18' even though it is a lactone, not an aldehyde.