Ingredients · Florals · heart note

Ylang-ylang complete

Say itEE-lang-EE-lang complete

Balanced sweet-floral ylang from bright fruity top to balsamic base.

What it is

Natural oil from whole, unfractionated ylang distillate (or recombined fractions).

Where it comes from

Comoros, Madagascar

When you smell it

Heart: as it settles.

What perfumers do with it

All-round, mid-price ylang that blends easily into florals, orientals and soaps.

Worth knowing

Ylang-ylang oil made up 29% of the Comoros' exports in 1998.

Rules

Limited. IFRA sensitizer standard: 0.73% max in fine fragrance

Also called

Ylang-ylang complète

On the label of 47 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

ShalimarGuerlain · printed “Cananga odorata oil/extract”Side EffectInitio · printed “Cananga odorata oil/extract”Absolute AphrodisiacInitio · printed “Cananga odorata oil/extract”Lift Me UpInitio · printed “Cananga odorata oil/extract”Psychedelic LoveInitio · printed “Cananga odorata oil/extract”Sugar BlastInitio · printed “Cananga odorata oil/extract”

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Named by the house, not on the label, in 28

Imitation WomanAmouage · “Ylang Ylang”Blossom LoveAmouage · “Ylang Ylang”Cashmere MistDonna Karan · “Ylang Ylang”Good Girl BlushCarolina Herrera · “Ylang Ylang”Million Gold for HerRabanne · “Ylang-Ylang Complete Oil Madagascar”Ylang 49Le Labo · “ylang ylang”

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