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Bornyl acetate

Ingredients · Herbs & lavender · top note

Bornyl acetate

Say itBOR-nil AS-ih-tayt

Sweet, balsamic pine needle, fresh and camphoraceous.

What it is
A molecule made from a natural raw material.
Where it comes from
natural in fir needles
When you smell it
Top notes: the first minutes.
What perfumers do with it
Builds fir and pine-needle accords; the backbone of 'Christmas tree' notes.
Also called
(−)-Bornyl acetate

Not on the label of any of the 232 perfumes read so far.