Ingredients · Florals · heart note

beta-Damascenone

Say itBAY-tuh-dam-uh-SEE-nohn

Stewed apple, plum and raisin with rose, honey and tobacco.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab, first made by Firmenich in 1967.

Where it comes from

identified in Bulgarian rose oil

When you smell it

Heart: the first hours.

What perfumers do with it

Ultra-potent in traces; gives rose its natural fruity depth and warms tobacco, rum and fruit accords.

Worth knowing

It is usually under 1% of rose oil, yet ranks among the biggest contributors to rose's smell.

Known in

Poison (Dior, 1985)

Rules

Limited. IFRA 'rose ketones' limit; EU caps at 0.02% and labels

Also called

Rose ketone-4; damascenone