Benzoate de dénatonium
Ingredients · Not for the smell
Denatonium benzoate
Say itdee-nuh-TOH-nee-um BEN-zoh-ayt
Odorless; ferociously bitter taste.
- What it is
- There to carry, keep or colour the perfume, not for its smell.
- What perfumers do with it
- Makes perfume alcohol undrinkable so it escapes beverage taxes (SD 40-B)
- Worth knowing
- Found while hunting for local anesthetics; people taste it at about 0.05 parts per million.
- Also called
- Bitrex
On the label of 14 of the 1080 perfumes read so far
MadawiArabian Oud · printed “Denatonium benzoate”
TarafArabian Oud · printed “Denatonium benzoate”
ResalaArabian Oud · printed “Denatonium benzoate”
Madawi Gold EditionArabian Oud · printed “Denatonium benzoate”
Kashmir MuskArabian Oud · printed “Denatonium benzoate”
AmiriArabian Oud · printed “Denatonium benzoate”
Musk MubakharArabian Oud · printed “Denatonium benzoate”
SultaniArabian Oud · printed “Denatonium benzoate”
Pink WoodsAriana Grande · printed “Denatonium benzoate”
Blanche BêteLiquides Imaginaires · printed “Denatonium benzoate”
PoloRalph Lauren · printed “Denatonium benzoate”
RomanceRalph Lauren · printed “Denatonium benzoate”Arabian Knight SilverArabian Oud · printed “Denatonium benzoate”TearsRégime des Fleurs · printed “Denatonium benzoate”