Amylcinnamyl alcohol

Say itAM-il-SIN-uh-mil alcohol

A light, soft floral note.

What it is: A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it: Dry-down: what stays.
What perfumers do with it: A soft floral support in jasmine-type accords; on labels because it is one of the EU's named fragrance allergens.
Worth knowing: It is the alcohol twin of amyl cinnamal: the same carbon frame, with the aldehyde's last carbon carrying an alcohol instead.
Rules: Limited. IFRA standard limits it as a sensitizer; one of the EU's original fragrance allergens (Annex III of Regulation 1223/2009), named on labels above 0.001% in leave-on products
Also called: amyl cinnamyl alcohol; amylcinnamic alcohol; alpha-amylcinnamyl alcohol; alpha-amyl cinnamic alcohol; 2-amyl-3-phenyl-2-propen-1-ol; 2-benzylideneheptanol; alpha-pentylcinnamyl alcohol

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