Lychee: Fruit & Aroma

19/7/12 10:54 π. μ. Examining Lychee as a Smell ~ Raw Materials Page 1 of 8http://www. fragrantica. com/news/Examining-Lychee-as-a-Smell-3380. html 07/17/12 18:34:17 Raw Materials Examining Lychee as a Smell By: Elena Vosnaki SCENT PROFILE The scent profile... More

19/7/12 10:54 π. μ. Examining Lychee as a Smell ~ Raw Materials Page 1 of 8http://www. fragrantica. com/news/Examining-Lychee-as-a-Smell-3380. html 07/17/12 18:34:17 Raw Materials Examining Lychee as a Smell By: Elena Vosnaki SCENT PROFILE The scent profile of litchi is close to that of a very juicy grape, with a mild flavor that is aqueous, delicately rosy and temperately sweet. The likening with some Gewürztraminer variety wines comes as no surprise: the lychee-rosy aroma is common thanks to the magic of the cis-rose oxide, a common thread in all three subjects—flower, fruit and wine. It s interesting to note that this rose-lychee nuance is not a product of the fermentation process, as with many wines, but inherent in the grape variety (also Muscat). The fermentation however augments this effect thanks to the contribution of yeast hydrolyzing some of the terpenes in the grape juice. Although litchi is exotic in origin (as evidenced by its very botanical name and being a sub-tropi Less