Moonflower
A floral note evoking a white flower opening at night, with cool petals, humid nocturnal air, moonlight, and a faint powdery sheen.
Floral
About Moonflower
Moonflower is a floral note associated with white flowers opening after dark and with the cool light of the moon. In perfumery the term does not always identify one botanical species or one extract; it can also name an accord composed to suggest a nocturnal white flower. The name alone does not disclose the materials or formula.
Scent Profile
Its profile may suggest cool white petals, humid night air, faint powder, and translucent light. Some interpretations emphasize the lush body of jasmine or tuberose, while others use aldehydic or ozonic effects to make the flower feel colder and more abstract.
Use in Perfumery
Moonflower can move white-floral brightness into a nocturnal atmosphere and connect iris powder, musky skin, and dry woods. Because the botanical and aromatic materials vary by composition, the role should be read from each house's disclosed note structure rather than inferred from the name.
Did You Know?
In English, moonflower may refer to night-blooming plants such as Ipomoea alba. A perfume note bearing the same name does not guarantee a natural extract from that plant. Distinguishing botanical names, raw materials, and imagined accords helps avoid treating a poetic note label as a formula disclosure.
