Pink pepper CO2 Orpur

Pink pepper spent centuries as a culinary and medicinal berry across South America before entering fine perfumery. The first fragrance to use it as a distinct note was Estée Lauder's Pleasures in 1995—a release that proved trend-setting and best-selling. After that breakthrough, perfumers Geza Schoen and Jean-Claude Ellena built extensive work with the ingredient. Ellena paired pink pepper with intimate notes in The Different Company's Rose Poivrée, while Le Labo's Frank Voelkl used it to anchor Baie Rose 26 with clove-like pimento accents. The Schinus molle tree is a tall evergreen native to South America and a botanical relative of mangoes and cashews. The ingredient's fruitiness, subtle rose, and citrus facets owe everything to this botanical origin. Its introduction helped shift modern perfumery toward lighter, transparent constructions rather than heavy spice dosing—marking pink pepper as a quietly transformative note in contemporary fragrance.