Cyclamen aldehyde

Say itSIK-luh-mun AL-dih-hyde

Watery, green floral with cucumber, melon and linden-blossom freshness.

What it is: A molecule made in a lab, first made by Winthrop Chemical Company in 1929.
When you smell it: Heart: as it settles.
What perfumers do with it: Nuances muguet, cyclamen and lilac accords, adding diffusive, dewy freshness and an ozonic lift.
Worth knowing: IFRA allows it only if cyclamen alcohol, an irritating impurity, stays below 1.5%.
Rules: Limited. IFRA limits and purity rule (49th Amendment); sensitizer
Also called: Cyclamal; 2-methyl-3-(4-isopropylphenyl)propanal

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