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Ingredients · Aldehydes · top note
Aldehyde C-8
Say itAL-dih-hyde see-AYT
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.
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