Ingredients · Florals · heart note

Citronellol

Say itsit-ruh-NEL-awl

Fresh pink rose, clean and waxy, with citrusy-green geranium leaf.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

Where it comes from

made by hydrogenating geraniol or nerol, or from citronella

When you smell it

Heart: as it settles.

What perfumers do with it

The main rose alcohol; fresh, stable rose backbone for fine fragrance, soap and detergent.

Worth knowing

Its left-handed form dominates rose and geranium, making up 18-55% of rose oil.

Rules

Limited. IFRA-restricted sensitizer; EU-labeled allergen

Also called

3,7-Dimethyloct-6-en-1-ol; dihydrogeraniol

On the label of 656 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

No. 5Chanel · printed “Citronellol”SauvageDior · printed “Citronellol”ShalimarGuerlain · printed “Citronellol”MitsoukoGuerlain · printed “Citronellol”Eau SauvageDior · printed “Citronellol”AngelMugler · printed “Citronellol”

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