Aldehyde C-16

Say itAL-dih-hyde SEE-sik-STEEN

Sweet candy strawberry, jammy and slightly floral-honeyed.

What it is: A molecule made in a lab.
Where it comes from: not found in nature
When you smell it: Heart: as it settles.
What perfumers do with it: The classic strawberry note for red-fruit accords, candy gourmands and fruity florals.
Worth knowing: Called an aldehyde, it contains no aldehyde group at all: it is an ester and an epoxide.
Also called: Ethyl methylphenylglycidate; strawberry aldehyde; strawberry glycidate

Not on the label of any of the 1080 perfumes read so far.

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