Iralia
Ingredients · Powder · dry-down
Iralia
Say itih-RAY-lee-uh
Refined, sweet iris-violet, more powdery and less fruity than ionones.
- What it is
- A molecule made in a lab.
- When you smell it
- Dry-down: what stays.
- What perfumers do with it
- Premium methyl ionone for violet, carnation and spicy tea notes; often paired with Hedione.
- Worth knowing
- Firmenich has protected the Iralia name since 1966, though methyl ionones date to around 1900.
- Rules
- Limited. IFRA limits for methyl ionone isomers (49th Amendment)
- Also called
- Iralia Total; methyl ionone blend
Not on the label of any of the 1080 perfumes read so far.
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