Powerful, fatty, aldehydic, sweet, white flower. Resembles lily of the valley and jasmine. It is softer than cyclamen aldehyde but more ‘fatty’. Tends to polymerize.
Lilial®
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Cyclamen aldehyde
Very powerful, green, rough, aldehydic, metallic, fatty, lily of the valley-cyclamen-like odour. Fruity, cucumber-watermelon-like undertones.
Lyral®
Radiant, soft, sweet lily of the valley-white flower, oily odour. It has a musky, clean, fruity shade. More refined and powerful than hydroxycitronellal.
Ethyl linalool
Similar to linalool but more sweet, floral -freesia- and rounded, less fresh and camphoraceus.
Linalool
Strong, aromatic, green-camphoraceus, very thin and fresh, natural odour. It occurs in and so reminds of, lavender, citrus, flowers, especially orange flower, woods -rosewood-, and foliage.
Linalyl acetate
Fresh, powerful, soft, rounded, vibrant fruity, bergamot, lavender.
Geranyl acetate
Soft geraniol, it has tipical acetate fruitiness: sweet, pear, oily odour. Woody, green, powdery nuances. It blends well with lavender.
Neryl acetate
Resembles nerol, it has a fruity, metallic, sweet, peary, dry shade developed.
Nerol
Green, fresh, outdoor, salty, resembling geraniol and rose, but more thin, metallic, less sweet.
Citronellol
@ 100% powerful, fresh, sweet, thin, fruity, lemongrass.
@ 10% fresh, centifolia rose.
Geraniol
@ 100% powerful, green, fresh, oily, sweet, metallic, geranium.
@ .1% delicate, fresh, natural rose.
Ambroxan
Powerful and diffusive clean ambergris odour. It is radiant, warm, dry, musky and elegant.
Iso E Super
Mild, yet diffusive woody- ambergris note. Sweet, musky, oily, dense, vibrant. It blends well with fresh, citrusy-fruity notes and florals.
Farnesol
@ 100% almost odorless when pure. Metallic, oily odour due to oxidation.
During evaporation a subtle white flower-lily of the valley-like, fresh, sweet, delicate nuance appears. It is natural and fragile, deep and beautiful. It is a great addition to any floral composition, especially to neroli, where hydroxycitronellal and other muguet odorants can’t compete with the simple and refined character of this molecule.
Safraleine™ Givaudan
@ 100% medium-smelling, sweet, warm, powdery leather, saffron, delicate tobacco nuance, rose ketones, ionone, medicinal undertone.
Complex, dark, multifaceted molecule. It has character and stands well on its own.
It probably blends well with rose, woody, oud, floral oriental notes, not tried it yet. It has good tenacity.
Methyl pamplemousse
@100% powerful, sparkling citrus, grapefruit peel, lemon, fresh pulp, sweet, green, piney.
It combines a natural citrus sharp freshness with a sweet linalyl acetate shade. It is linear but not simple.
Quite volatile.
Methyl benzoate
@ 100% powerful, chemical, balsamic, heavy-sweet, caramel, fruity.
@ 5% balsamic, sweet, fruity (prune), floral (tuberose), exotic.
Very useful in imitation tuberose @ 1-5% max.
Benzyl benzoate
@ 100% mild, woody, floral, oily, balsamic.
@ 10% woody, floral, foliage, balsamic, burnt, musky, soapy.
Indole
White crystal flakes.
@ 100% powerful, repulsive, pungent odour. Tarry, phenolic, almost faecal, dry.
@ 1% still powerful and phenolic, but softer. Floral, lily of the valley, honeysuckle, jasmine sambac, orange blossom.
@ .1% soft delicate, woody floral, jasmine, lily of the valley.
Very useful in floral composition @ .1 – .3 % max. It imparts a very realistic effect, a warm natural soul especially in muguet, honeysuckle and jasmine. In too high concentrations it lacks smoothness and imparts an acrid nuance, heasily recognizable during evaporation, especially on skin. I found it useful also in an imitation rum, for its opulent, decayed aspect (that goes well with fruity, woody notes).
It is quite sensitive to daylight and it discolors aldehydes and ketones.
