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AldehydesDrawn as what it smells like: aldehydes.

Ingredients · Aldehydes · top note

Myrac aldehyde

Say itMYE-rak AL-dih-hyde

Waxy, clean aldehydic orange with ozonic, marine and faintly floral freshness.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
Where it comes from
a relative of Lyral
When you smell it
Top notes: when you spray it.
What perfumers do with it
Extends citrus brightness into the heart; adds clean green lift to muguet and outdoor realism to marine accords.
Worth knowing
It smells strikingly different diluted: waxy and heavy when neat, airy and fresh at 10%.
Also called
4-(4-methylpent-3-enyl)cyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde

Not on the label of any of the 1080 perfumes read so far.