Javanol

Say itJAH-vuh-nawl

Potent, creamy-milky sandalwood with rosy, slightly fruity and fresh facets.

What it is: A molecule made in a lab, first made by Givaudan in 1996.
When you smell it: Dry-down: what stays.
What perfumers do with it: Trace-dose sandalwood booster adding creamy radiance and lift; works below 0.1% in many formulas.
Worth knowing: Swapping a double bond for a cyclopropane ring made it one of the most powerful sandalwood odorants known.
Known in: Molecule 04 (Escentric Molecules, 2017)
Also called: Javanol Super (purified grade)

Named by the house, not on the label, in 1

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