Floral Fruity Amber is subfamily F6 (Ambré Fleuri Fruité) of the Amber family in the SFP table. It adds a fruit layer, such as plum, apricot, peach, cherry or berries, to a floral structure over an amber base.
Most fruit notes in perfumery do not come from the fruit itself but from synthetic molecules, or from flowers and buds with a fruity facet. The branch borders F1: when the fruit is candy-sweet and the vanilla base very heavy, the scent is easily described as gourmand.
The main fruit notes are gamma undecalactone (peach, apricot), the damascones (berries, plum, cooked apple, with a rose facet) and ethyl maltol (jam, burnt sugar). Among natural materials, osmanthus gives an apricot facet, davana a dried fruit facet and blackcurrant bud a cassis note.
In 1997 Annick Menardo composed Lolita Lempicka: anise and violet at the top; liquorice, cherry and orris in the heart; vanilla, tonka and praline in the base. In 1998 Dior released Hypnotic Poison, also composed by Annick Menardo, with plum and apricot at the top, tuberose and jasmine in the heart, and vanilla and musk in the base. Both are often cited at the border between F6 and F1 because of their heavy vanilla.
The rose ketones group, which includes the damascones, is added to the expanded allergen list of Regulation (EU) 2023/1545, together with vanillin, jasmine oil and rose oil. Gamma undecalactone and ethyl maltol are named neither in the old list of 26 nor among the 56 new entries.
The SFP website publishes only subfamily names; perfume lists per subfamily are in the printed Classification officielle des parfums. Perfumes named here are commonly cited examples, not official SFP placements.
| Layer | Materials |
|---|---|
| Top | Mandarin, Bergamot, Blackcurrant bud, Gamma undecalactone |
| Middle | Tuberose, Hoa nhài sambac, Damask rose, Osmanthus, Davana, Iris (orris), Beta damascone |
| Base | Vanilla, Tonka bean, Benzoin, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Ethyl maltol, Vanillin |
The fruit notes are the hardest part to build with natural materials. Osmanthus absolute, davana, blackcurrant bud and rose can suggest apricot, dried fruit, cassis and berries; the floral layer uses tuberose, jasmine sambac and ylang ylang; the base uses vanilla, tonka and benzoin.
The candy-like juiciness of synthetic lactones and damascones has no natural equivalent; these materials suggest only part of it. The EU allergen list must be checked for rose, jasmine and vanilla. This page gives no formula percentages.
| Name | House | Year | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lolita Lempicka | 1997 | Annick Menardo. Anise, liquorice and cherry over vanilla, tonka and praline. | |
| Hypnotic Poison | Dior | 1998 | Annick Menardo. Plum and apricot, tuberose and jasmine over vanilla and musk. |
| Fruity molecules · Undecalactone gamma · Damascone beta · Damascone alpha · Ethyl maltol | Peach, apricot, berries, jam. |
| Sweet base · Vanillin · Coumarin | Vanillin, coumarin. |
| Natural fruity facets · Osmanthus · Davana · Blackcurrant bud | Apricot, dried fruit, cassis. |
| Floral layer · Tuberose · Jasmine sambac · Rose damask · Ylang ylang | White flowers and rose. |
| Amber base · Vanilla · Tonka · Benzoin | Vanilla, coumarin, resins. |
Updated 09/2026. Figures follow the year stated in each source.
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