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Aldehyde C-8

Ingredients · Aldehydes · top note

Aldehyde C-8

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Sharp orange-peel zest with a fatty, waxy, metallic aldehydic edge.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
Where it comes from
occurs in orange and bergamot peel
When you smell it
Top notes: the first minutes.
What perfumers do with it
Boosts citrus top notes and adds aldehydic sparkle to floral-aldehydic openings.
Also called
Octanal; caprylic aldehyde

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