Ingredients · Powder · heart note

Anisyl alcohol

Say itAN-ih-sil alcohol

Soft, powdery hawthorn and lilac with creamy almond-heliotrope sweetness.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

When you smell it

Heart: as it settles.

What perfumers do with it

Gentle anisic-powder note for mimosa, lilac and heliotrope; stabler than heliotropin in alkaline bases.

Rules

Limited. IFRA limits since 49th Amendment; EU-labelled allergen

Also called

Anise alcohol; 4-methoxybenzyl alcohol

On the label of 45 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

Interlude ManAmouage · printed “Anise alcohol”Interlude Black Iris ManAmouage · printed “Anise alcohol”Opus VII Reckless LeatherAmouage · printed “Anise alcohol”Interlude 53 ManAmouage · printed “Anise alcohol”ReasonsAmouage · printed “Anise alcohol”ElsewhereAmouage · printed “Anise alcohol”

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