Dried Longan
Evokes dried longan fruit, with a warm, date-like sweetness that adds soft depth.
Fruity
About Dried Longan
Longan (Dimocarpus longan) is a close relative of lychee but a distinct fruit, with tan skin and translucent flesh wrapped around a dark seed. In Lamphun province in northern Thailand, farmers have long smoke-dried the whole fruit, shell and seed included, so that surplus harvests keep well beyond the season. Plenty of dried longan is made another way, though: the peeled flesh is oven-dried to a golden amber, so not every dried longan carries smoke.
Scent Profile
Drying concentrates the fruit's sugars into a **warm, dark sweetness** that sits closer to dates and brown sugar than to the juicy fresh fruit. Smoke-dried longan adds a soft, woody smokiness on top. People often call it "honeyed," but that describes the impression; it does not imply the addition of honey.
Use in Perfumery
In fragrance, dried longan can be recreated as an accord, a blend of materials built to evoke the dried fruit and often its smoky associations. Placed in the heart or base, it lends warmth to gourmand and amber compositions. It pairs naturally with honey, rum, tobacco, musk, and woods.
Did You Know?
The name comes from the Chinese lóngyǎn, "dragon's eye," after the dark seed showing through the pale flesh.
