Heptine carbonate de méthyle
Methyl heptine carbonate

Ingredients · Green · top note

Methyl heptine carbonate

Say itMETH-il HEP-teen KAR-buh-nayt

Powerful green violet leaf, cucumber-melon and slightly fatty.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Top notes: when you spray it.
What perfumers do with it
Traces give the green, leafy edge of violet-leaf and green-floral accords.
Worth knowing
The 'carbonate' name is a historical misnomer: chemically it is an ester, methyl 2-octynoate.
Rules
Limited. Strong skin sensitizer; IFRA caps it at very low doses
Also called
MHC; methyl 2-octynoate; Folione

On the label of 40 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

Lyric WomanAmouage · printed “Methyl 2-octynoate”The Most WantedAzzaro · printed “Methyl 2-octynoate”Stronger With You IntenselyArmani · printed “Methyl-2-octynoate”Ombré LeatherTom Ford · printed “Methyl 2-octynoate”Uomo Born in Roma IntenseValentino · printed “Methyl 2-octynoate”DaisyMarc Jacobs · printed “Methyl 2-octynoate”

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