White Plum¶

Claim & Evidence¶

Claim: 白梅 (bái méi) — the dried/pickled white plum — is the fruit material that builds the tart-sweet 'plum' character in the 梅花香 (plum-blossom) accord.

Evidence sources:

Source	Type	Evidence level	Accessed
寿阳公主梅花香 (Shouyang Princess's Plum Incense)	traditional	Tier 6 — Editorial synthesis	2026-09-20

Attributes¶

Field	Value
Type	aromatic material (dried fruit)
Source	white plum (白梅), the dried/pickled plum fruit
Processing	roasted dry and ground to a coarse powder, then aged (窨) in a sealed vessel for a month before burning
Aroma	tart-sweet 'plum' character — an accord, not the flower
Applications	the 佐 (assistant) 'plum' note in 梅花香 / 寿阳公主梅花香

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