l-Carvone
l-Carvone

Ingredients · Herbs & lavender · top note

l-Carvone

Say itLEE-voh-KAR-vohn

Sweet, rounded spearmint with a green-herbal edge.

What it is
A molecule made from a natural raw material.
When you smell it
Top notes: when you spray it.
What perfumers do with it
Spearmint effect in mint accords and oral care; tiny touches add herbal freshness to fragrances.
Worth knowing
Its mirror-image twin, d-carvone, smells of caraway and dill instead of spearmint.
Rules
Limited. Skin sensitizer; IFRA dose limits by product type
Also called
(R)-(−)-Carvone; spearmint carvone

On the label of 79 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

ShalimarGuerlain · printed “Carvone”Eau SauvageDior · printed “Carvone”Bleu de ChanelChanel · printed “Carvone”OutlandsAmouage · printed “Carvone”RehabInitio · printed “Carvone”ExistenceAmouage · printed “Carvone”

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