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Citronellyl nitrile

Ingredients · Citrus · top note

Citronellyl nitrile

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Strong, metallic lemon-citronella with a fatty, slightly rosy edge.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Top notes: the first minutes.
What perfumers do with it
Stable lemon freshness for soaps, detergents and bleach, where citral would break down.
Also called
Citronalva (IFF), agrunitrile; 3,7-dimethyl-6-octenenitrile

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