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Aldehyde C-7

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Aldehyde C-7

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Fatty, green-fruity with wine-lees and melon notes; floral when diluted.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Top notes: the first minutes.
What perfumers do with it
Traces add green, melon, marine or hyacinth freshness; overdosed it turns plastic.
Worth knowing
Many people are partly blind to its smell, a common specific anosmia.
Also called
Heptanal; oenanthal

Not on the label of any of the 232 perfumes read so far.