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The drawing: melonThe drawing: melon
Melon

Ingredients · Sea & water · Made in a lab

Melon & watermelon

Melons yield no extract; the watery, cucumber-edged sweetness is almost pure synthetic.

What it is
A fruit whose smell can’t be extracted, so perfumers rebuild it from other materials.
How perfumers build it
MelonalCalone (marine notes)cis-6-NonenolHelional
Worth knowing
Calone's industry nickname is 'watermelon ketone'.

Named by the house in 20 of the 1080 perfumes read so far

Amber Oud Aqua DubaiAl Haramain · “Melon”Amber Oud Gold EditionAl Haramain · “Melon”BluAjmal · “Watermelon”Shaghaf Oud AhmarSwiss Arabian · “Melon”L'Eau d'IsseyIssey Miyake · “Melon”L'ImpératriceDolce & Gabbana · “watermelon”
After SunVacation · “Melon de Cavaillon”WavechildRoom 1015 · “Watermelon”Blue SeductionAntonio Banderas · “Spicy Watermelon”Your Devotion IntenseDolce & Gabbana · “Sicilian Melon”Cool Water WomanDavidoff · “Watermelon”ManJimmy Choo · “honeydew melon”SunflowersElizabeth Arden · “Melon”360° for WomenPerry Ellis · “Melon”Nitro RedDumont · “Watermelon”KaafAhmed Al Maghribi · “Watermelon”Summer of 84Kerosene · “Melon”Club de Nuit IconicArmaf · “Melon”Erba GoldXerjoff · “Melon”Carnal FlowerFrédéric Malle · “watermelon”

Sources

  • en.wikipedia.org

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