No drawing: it is there to carry or keep the perfume.

Benzyl alcohol

Ingredients · Not for the smell

Benzyl alcohol

Say itBEN-zil alcohol

Faint sweet-floral; turns almondy as it ages.

What it is
There to carry, keep or colour the perfume, not for its smell.
Where it comes from
natural in jasmine, ylang-ylang and hyacinth
What perfumers do with it
Solvent that softens harsh floral chemicals; also a mild preservative
Worth knowing
The same molecule preserves many injectable medicines.
Known in
Twilly d'Hermès (Hermès, 2017); Invictus (Paco Rabanne, 2013)
Rules
Limited. IFRA 51 cap 2.5% in fine fragrance; EU must-label allergen

On the label of 118 of the 232 perfumes read so far

No. 5Chanel · printed “Benzyl alcohol”ShalimarGuerlain · printed “Benzyl alcohol”MitsoukoGuerlain · printed “Benzyl alcohol”Good GirlCarolina Herrera · printed “Benzyl alcohol”LibreYSL · printed “Benzyl alcohol”La Vie Est BelleLancôme · printed “Benzyl alcohol”

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