Rose

On record here, the word is carried by β-damascenone, citronellol, geraniol. Each carrier says who uses the word and on what evidence: a source, the trade’s convention or the house’s own reading.

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Term

rose

perfumery convention

the trade’s shared vocabulary; no single source

the trade’s shared vocabulary; the word as the records and sources use it

confidence B

Family

floral

perfumery convention

Classification of 1. top notes: a) citrus, b) aldehydic, c) fruity, d) green and e) herbaceous/herbal, 2. heart notes: a) floral light, b) floral green, c) floral fresh, d), floral fruity, e) floral heavy and f) floral woody and 3. bottom notes: a) aromatic, b) balsamic, c) moss/leather/animalic, d) musk, e) amber and f) wood.

ISO-2 · Stepanyuk and Kirschning (2019). Synthetic terpenoids in the world of fragrances: Iso E Super® is the showcase · read 2026-09-30

the family name as the published classification the review gives (top, heart and bottom notes) spells it

confidence B

Definition

The smell of the rose flower: floral, a little fruity and honeyed.

house interpretation

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the house’s own definition, written for this vocabulary

confidence C

Also written

rose-like

as used

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the words the carriers below use for this term; each carrier names its own source

confidence B

Carried by

• β-damascenone (as used: “rose”)
  house interpretation

  the house’s own reading, labelled as such

  the house’s own odour words on the page’s MOLS entry; no descriptor source is filed

  confidence C

• citronellol (as used: “rose-like”)
  documented

  β-citronellol | CAS 106-22-9, 1117-61-9, 7540-51-4 | Odor quality: soapy, rose-like

  OT-1 · Kreissl et al. (2022). Leibniz-LSB@TUM Odorant Database, Version 1.2 · read 2026-09-30

  confidence A

• geraniol (as used: “rose-like”)
  documented

  geraniol | CAS 106-24-1 | Odor quality: rose-like, citrus-like

  OT-1 · Kreissl et al. (2022). Leibniz-LSB@TUM Odorant Database, Version 1.2 · read 2026-09-30

  confidence A

Related terms

• floral
• honey

In teaching accords

• A rose, from four molecules

Sources

1. ISO-2 · Stepanyuk A, Kirschning A. Synthetic terpenoids in the world of fragrances: Iso E Super® is the showcase. Beilstein J Org Chem. 2019;15:2590–2602. doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.15.252 · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY 4.0
2. OT-1 · Kreissl J, Mall V, Steinhaus P, Steinhaus M. Leibniz-LSB@TUM Odorant Database, Version 1.2. Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich: Freising, Germany, 2022. www.leibniz-lsb.de/en/databases/leibniz-lsbtum-o… · read 2026-09-30 · free of charge; scientific use encouraged with full acknowledgement; systematic download or reproduction needs written permission (quoted, not reproduced)

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this record as data: /data/descriptor/rose.json · version 2 · updated 2026-09-30 · confidence B