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Pink Pepper Oil

Essential oil · Spicy / Fruity

peppery, rosy, fruity, fresh — top note.

Aroma illustration for Pink Pepper Oil: peppercorns, a red rose and bright abstract fruit-coloured spheres, for its pepper, peppery, rosy and fruity notes. It illustrates smell associations, not the material or its source.Illustration of a Peruvian pepper tree sprig with feathery leaves and clusters of pink berries.
Aroma View: an illustration of what Pink Pepper Oil smells like (pepper, peppery, rosy, fruity), drawn by RUŌOD Lab — not its appearance or its source.An original illustration of the botanical source by RUŌOD Lab — not a photograph of the material.
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By the RUŌOD Lab TeamRevision 1Updated

In short

Pink pepper oil is distilled from the berries of Schinus molle. It is not a true pepper but gives a fresh, rosy, peppery note.

What Pink Pepper Oil smells like

Pink pepper oil comes from the dried berries of the pepper tree, unrelated to true pepper, and is prized for freshness rather than heat. Descriptions open on a sharp, terpenic, almost mentholated pepper, followed by a rosy, fruity warmth that one vendor finds softer and more translucent than black pepper; another pairs the pepper with crushed red fruit, rose petals and citrus zest. Fraterworks finds Peruvian Schinus molle more balsamic, smoky and woody, and Brazilian S. terebinthifolius brighter and fresher.

Leading note
Rosy pepper
Supporting facets
Red fruit, terpenic, fresh
Faint facets
Resinous, citrus zest
Character
Fresh, bright, translucent
  • peppery
  • rosy
  • fruity
  • fresh

What makes Pink Pepper Oil distinctive

Pepper that smells of roses and berries: a bright, translucent spice that lifts a floral rather than heating it.

Where the descriptions disagree: Vendors disagree on which species gives the finer oil.

How Pink Pepper Oil is used

Used as a top note to lift floral, rose and citrus openings.

Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend); lift (adds diffusion and radiance, especially at the top).

How Pink Pepper Oil differs from similar materials

Black Pepper Oil
Black pepper is drier and woodier; pink pepper is rosier, fruitier and more translucent.
Cubeb Oil
Cubeb is woody and camphoraceous; pink pepper is rosy and fruity.

An asterisk marks a difference that a cited source states directly. The others compare the published descriptions of each material. Smell varies with grade, supplier and dilution; compare them side by side on blotters before substituting one for another.

Formulation considerations

Monoterpene-rich; store cold.

Identity and classification

Type
Essential oil
Origin
Natural
Odour family
Spicy / Fruity
Note position
Top note
Physical form at room temperature
Liquid
Also known as
Schinus molle oil
Botanical source
Schinus molle L.
CAS number
68917-52-2

The CAS number was checked on 19 October 2026 against a PubChem substance record that gives it for this material. A natural material is a mixture, so it has no single formula; its composition varies with origin and processing.

Safety and compliance

This page is general information, not a safety assessment or a specification. Confirm identity, composition, IFRA status and allergen content from your supplier's documents for the lot you hold.

Materials it works with

Pink Pepper Oil is also suggested as a partner on the pages for Black Pepper Absolute, Cardamom Oil and Cubeb Oil.

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 32 published formulas

Pink Pepper Oil is an ingredient in 31 perfume formulas and 1 accord in the Formula & Accord Library.

RUŌOD House Originals

Original compositions by RUŌOD House.

Further reading

Questions about Pink Pepper Oil

Is Pink Pepper Oil natural or synthetic?

Pink Pepper Oil is natural. It is a volatile oil obtained from plant material by steam distillation or, for citrus peels, by cold expression.

What is the CAS number of Pink Pepper Oil?

68917-52-2, the registry number for the essential oil as a substance rather than a single molecule. It was checked against PubChem on 19 October 2026.

Which published formulas use Pink Pepper Oil?

Pink Pepper Oil is used in 32 published formulas in the RUŌOD Lab Formula & Accord Library, including Agar Lantern, Asphalt Peony and Black Pepper Sail. Each is listed with a link under "Used in formulas and accords" on this page.

Sources

Your own records, next to the reference

Keep your own record of Pink Pepper Oil — supplier, cost, stock, dilutions and where it is used — in RUŌOD Lab's material library.

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