The drawing: aldehydes, champagne coupeThe drawing: aldehydes, snuffed candle
AldehydesDrawn as what it smells like: aldehydes.

Ingredients · Florals · heart note

Amyl cinnamic aldehyde

Say itAM-il sih-NAM-ik AL-dih-hyde

Waxy, fatty-floral jasmine with a soft, slightly herbal-oily tone.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Heart: as it settles.
What perfumers do with it
Cheap, stable jasmine body for soaps, detergents and classic floral bases.
Rules
Limited. IFRA sensitizer limit; EU-labeled allergen
Also called
alpha-Amylcinnamaldehyde; amyl cinnamal; jasminaldehyde; ACA

On the label of 38 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

Eau SauvageDior · printed “Amyl cinnamal”AngelMugler · printed “Amyl cinnamal”Dia WomanAmouage · printed “Amyl cinnamal”Dia 40 WomanAmouage · printed “Amyl cinnamal”ReasonsAmouage · printed “Amyl cinnamal”Black OpiumYSL · printed “Amyl cinnamal”

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