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Cinnamyl cinnamate

Ingredients · Amber & resins · dry-down

Cinnamyl cinnamate

Say itSIN-uh-mil SIN-uh-mayt

Very faint, sweet balsamic and softly floral-resinous.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
Where it comes from
natural constituent of storax (styrax) balsam
When you smell it
Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it
Near-odorless balsamic fixative used to extend ambers and heavy orientals.
Worth knowing
Its old name, styracin, records where chemists first found it: storax balsam.
Also called
Styracin

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