Ingredients · Spices · heart note

Isoeugenol

Say iteye-soh-YOO-juh-nawl

Sweet carnation and clove, softer and more floral than eugenol.

What it is

A molecule made from a natural raw material.

When you smell it

Heart: as it settles.

What perfumers do with it

The carnation note of classic florals and spicy orientals; also sweetens tobacco accords.

Worth knowing

Before petrochemical routes, most synthetic vanillin was made by oxidising isoeugenol from clove oil.

Rules

Limited. Tight IFRA limits as a strong skin sensitiser.

Also called

2-Methoxy-4-propenylphenol

On the label of 282 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

No. 5Chanel · printed “Isoeugenol”MitsoukoGuerlain · printed “Isoeugenol”AngelMugler · printed “Isoeugenol”Good GirlCarolina Herrera · printed “Isoeugenol”LibreYSL · printed “Isoeugenol”Born in Roma UomoValentino · printed “Isoeugenol”

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