Piperine

At a glance

Piperine is a natural alkaloid extracted from black pepper, used in perfumery for its spicy and warming properties It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.

Category
โš—๏ธ Synthetic
Origin
black pepper seeds
Extraction
Chemical synthesis
CAS number
94-62-2
Profile
spicy, spicy-spicy, spicy-woody
IFRA status
Not restricted
โ— drafted ยท last checked 2026-09-01