tFruit spirits have been produced and consumed throughout the world for centuries. However, the aromacomposition of banana spirits is still poorly characterised. We have investigated the aroma-impact com-pounds of the banana Terra spirit for the first time, using multidimensional gas chromatography (MDGCand GC × GC) in a multi-hyphenated system – i.e., coupled to flame ionisation detection (FID), massspectrometry (MS), and olfactometry (O). Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) was used to isolate theheadspace aroma compounds of the banana spirit. The detection frequency (DF) technique was appliedand aroma regions, detected in the first column separation at >60% Nasal Impact Frequency (NIF), werescreened as target potent odour regions in the sample. Using a polar/non-polar phase column set, thepotent odour regions were further subjected to MDGC separation with simultaneous O and MS detectionfor correlation of the aroma perception with MS data for individual resolved aroma-impact compounds.GC–O analysis enabled 18 aroma-impact regions to be located as providing volatiles of interest for furtherstudy; for example, those comprising perceptions of flower, whisky, green, amongst others. Compoundswere tentatively identified through MS data matching and retention indices in both first and seconddimensions. The principal volatile compounds identified in this work, which are responsible for the char-acteristic aroma of the banana spirit, are 3-methylbutan-1-ol, 3-methylbutan-1-ol acetate, 2-phenylethylacetate and phenylethyl alcohol. This is the first such study to reveal the major aroma compounds thatcontribute to banana spirit aroma.