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Anethole
Say itAN-uh-thohl
Clean, sweet licorice and anise, cooling and candy-like.
- What it is
- A molecule made in a lab.
- Where it comes from
- isolated from star anise or made from pine-derived estragole
- When you smell it
- Top notes: the first minutes.
- What perfumers do with it
- The pure anise-licorice note for anisic accords, licorice gourmands and dental flavours.
- Worth knowing
- It is why ouzo and pastis turn cloudy with water: anethole droplets fall out of solution.
- Also called
- trans-Anethole; anise camphor
