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Clonal

Ingredients · Aldehydes · top note

Clonal

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Powerful metallic citrus-peel sparkle with a waxy, orange-aldehydic 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 aldehyde substitute that boosts sparkle in colognes, fougères and functional products; used highly diluted.
Worth knowing
Nitriles like this mimic aldehydes but resist oxidation, so they survive soaps and detergents.
Also called
Dodecanenitrile; lauronitrile

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