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Ingredients · Aldehydes · top note
Aldehyde C-9
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Waxy orange peel with a rosy, fatty-floral petal nuance.
- What it is
- A molecule made in a lab.
- Where it comes from
- occurs in citrus oils and rose
- When you smell it
- Top notes: the first minutes.
- What perfumers do with it
- Aldehydic sparkle for top notes; a trace gives roses a dewy, just-picked petal effect.
- Worth knowing
- Traces occur naturally in Damask rose oil, which helps explain its rosy side.
- Also called
- Nonanal; pelargonaldehyde
Not on the label of any of the 232 perfumes read so far.
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