Sweet Potato

A softer root-vegetable note evoking sweet potato through rounded sweetness, earthier texture and lighter spice.

Gourmand

サツマイモ(Ipomoea batatas)の肥大した根の写真

About Sweet Potato

Sweet potato is a root-vegetable note inspired by the enlarged edible roots of Ipomoea batatas. The plant is a climber related to morning glory, and its cultivated roots vary in size and colour. In perfumery, the note can combine a more rounded sweetness with the impression of roots freshly lifted from the ground, producing a softer vegetal warmth.

Scent Profile

**Gentler rounded sweetness, earthier root texture and lighter spice** form its central impression. Carrot can connect that softness with a fresher vegetable outline. Vetiver adds drier wood and root depth beneath the sweetness, helping the composition feel more grounded and giving its warmer side a quieter frame.

Use in Perfumery

The note offers a softer root character in fragrances exploring vegetables, providing a different texture from more vivid leafy greens. It can bring roundness to carrot and vetiver and connect a sweeter vegetal subject with wood. Its name describes an intended olfactory impression, rather than a particular cultivar, place of cultivation, cooking method or addition of edible potato to perfume.

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