The invention discloses a method for distinguishing natural apple essences, which is characterized in that different natural apple essences are distinguished by HERACLES Electronic Nose. By adopting the invention, the preliminary treatment of a sample is simple; and no organic solvent is used in the whole experiment process, thereby no pollution is caused; the detection speed is rapid and the rate of accuracy is high; and the invention has simple steps as well as convenient operation and large-scale popularization and application. The invention is favorable to perfecting the detection items of the apple essence and mastering the change conditions of the apple essences with different qualities, thereby having great economic value in the production and the sale fields of the natural apple essences.