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alpha-Ionone, natural (fermentation)

Say itAL-fuh-EYE-uh-nohn, natural

Pure, sweet violet with juicy raspberry and soft cosmetic powder.

What it is

A molecule made by fermentation.

Where it comes from

a single natural enantiomer

When you smell it

Heart: the first hours.

What perfumers do with it

Lets natural perfumers build a convincing violet or iris accord without synthetic ionones.

Worth knowing

Fermentation yields a single mirror-image form, which smells cleaner and more defined than the usual synthetic mix.

Also called

Bio-based alpha-ionone