The invention discloses an essence for frying snakegourd fruit seeds. The essence comprises, by weight, 15-18 parts of illicium verum, 5-9 parts of fennel, 2-5 parts of Chinese prickly ash, 10-15 parts of dried ginger, 8-16 parts of liquorice roots, 8-12 parts of cassia, 4-9 parts of angelica sinensis, 6-10 parts of lemon, 5-8 parts of unibract fritillary bulbs, 3-5 parts of radix sophorae flavescentis, 2-3 parts of grape leaves, 4-9 parts of dried orange peel, 10-12 parts of ethyl maltol, 25-30 parts of edible salt and 20-30 parts of white sugar. Compared with the prior art, the essence has the advantages that a preparing method is easy, convenient and reasonable in technology; due to the snakegourd fruit seed essence prepared according to the proportion of the formula, the rigid chemical smell of monomer perfume materials is reduced; meanwhile, the fragrance amount of snakegourd fruit seeds can be increased, and the heat resistance and the stability of the snakegourd fruit seed essence are higher than the level of domestic similar products.