Character
The Story of Pink Tulip
Pink Tulip brings a fresh, green, and subtly sweet floral presence to fragrance that feels entirely its own. Unlike roses or jasmine, this note carries an androgynous edge with crisp, waxy facets that set it apart in modern perfumery. Re-created rather than extracted, it offers something genuinely different.
Heritage
Few flowers carry as much historical weight as the tulip. In the 1630s, Tulipomania swept through the Netherlands when demand for variegated bulb varieties created the world's first speculative financial bubble. That striped appearance, once prized above all else, resulted from a viral infection. Today, tulips remain underrepresented in perfumery. Rudolf Friedman devoted precisely one page to the flower in his book Perfumery, describing it as saffron over lily with hints of honey and tobacco, and noting the neglect seemed undeserved. Perfumers now recognize what the market bubble once suggested: the tulip holds genuine intrigue, offering something between green freshness and warm complexity that mainstream florals cannot match.
At a Glance
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Netherlands
Primary source region
Ingredient Details
Synthetic Reconstruction
N/A - Note reconstructed through headspace analysis
Did You Know
"During 17th-century Tulipomania, single bulbs traded for more than Amsterdam canal houses, yet no one thought to distill the flower itself."