What Does Linden Blossom Smell Like? Perfume Ingredient Guide

What does linden blossom smell like in perfume? Linden blossom smells honeyed, airy and green, like a tree-lined avenue on a warm June evening. It is gentle and luminous, with a soft sweetness that feels nostalgic.

Botanical name	Tilia cordata / Tilia platyphyllos
Plant part	Flowers
Origin	France and Central Europe
Extraction	Absolute and CO2 extract
Note	Heart
Scent family	Florals
Odour	Honeyed, airy and green, with soft hay-like and floral facets
Perfume uses	Fresh florals, chypres and soft gourmands
Key molecules	Farnesol, linalool, phenylethyl alcohol
Odour impact	Low
Odour life on a strip	Medium: most of a day
Found in	Lissom Linden, Mocha Muscari, Trevi Rose

Used within IFRA limits. Impact and odour life are our own studio guide, judged on a smelling strip.

What Is Linden Blossom?

Linden, or lime tree, blossom comes from Tilia trees, which line streets and parks across Europe. The pale yellow flowers bloom in early summer and fill the air with a sweet, honeyed scent. They are also well known as a herbal tea, tilleul.

What Does Linden Blossom Smell Like?

Here is how strongly each facet of linden blossom comes through, from our own smelling-strip notes.

How Perfumers Use Linden Blossom

Linden is a rare and delicate material, used to give florals an airy, honeyed glow. It pairs well with citrus, rose and chamomile, and adds a natural sweetness to soft woods.

A scent of early summer

Linden trees bloom for just a few weeks in June and July. Capturing that fleeting scent naturally is difficult, which makes linden absolute a treasured material.

Smell Linden Blossom in Prosody London Perfumes

For linden blossom at its most expressive, try Lissom Linden. Linden blossom is the heart of this luminous floral, with rose, chamomile and jasmine tea. You will also find linden blossom in Mocha Muscari and Trevi Rose.