Pikake

About Pikake

Scent Profile

Pikake is a tropical jasmine-like white floral note associated with Hawaii. It suggests creamy petals, soft indolic warmth, humid air, and a faint fruity brightness. The note can feel sensual like jasmine, yet rounder and more relaxed, with an approachable island softness.

Use in Perfumery

Perfumers use pikake in white florals, tropical florals, musks, coconut blends, ambers, and solar compositions. Jasmine, tiare, frangipani, coconut, vanilla, sandalwood, white musk, and soft amber all support it well. Pikake can bring a resort-like warmth without becoming as heavy as tuberose.

Did You Know?

It can make creamy florals feel more personal and sunlit, especially when coconut, sandalwood, and musk might otherwise become too soft; a faint green lift keeps the accord close to living flowers, warm air, and skin in summer evenings. Pikake is a Hawaiian name often linked with Arabian jasmine and with lei culture. That association gives the note emotional warmth: celebration, closeness, flowers worn near the body. In fragrance, pikake is useful when a perfumer wants white floral sensuality softened by tropical air and gentle sweetness.