Ingredients · Florals · heart note

Methyl anthranilate

Say itMETH-il an-THRAN-ih-layt

Sweet orange blossom and Concord grape, fruity and slightly musty.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

Where it comes from

natural in orange blossom, jasmine and grapes

When you smell it

Heart: as it settles.

What perfumers do with it

Key orange-blossom and neroli molecule; also reacts with aldehydes to form long-lasting Schiff bases.

Worth knowing

It is the flavour of grape soda, and is sprayed on crops as a bird repellent.

Also called

MA; methyl 2-aminobenzoate

On the label of 60 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

LibreYSL · printed “Methyl anthranilate”La Vie Est BelleLancôme · printed “Methyl anthranilate”Born in Roma UomoValentino · printed “Methyl anthranilate”Black OpiumYSL · printed “Methyl anthranilate”ParadoxePrada · printed “Methyl anthranilate”Donna Born in RomaValentino · printed “Methyl anthranilate”

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