No drawing: it is there to carry or keep the perfume.
Ingredients · Not for the smell
Cosmetic colorants (CI dyes)
Odorless.
- What it is
- There to carry, keep or colour the perfume, not for its smell.
- What perfumers do with it
- Tint the juice to match the bottle and story; used at parts per million
- Worth knowing
- Yellow 5 (CI 19140) is tartrazine, the same dye in soft drinks and candy.
- Known in
- Invictus (Paco Rabanne, 2013); La Vie est Belle (Lancôme, 2012); Twilly d'Hermès (Hermès, 2017)
- Rules
- Limited. Only dyes on EU and US approved lists
- Also called
- CI 14700 (Red 4), CI 19140 (Yellow 5), CI 42090 (Blue 1), CI 60730 (Ext. Violet 2), CI 17200 (Red 33)
On the label of 57 of the 232 perfumes read so far
No. 5Chanel · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”
SauvageDior · printed “Ci 60730 (ext. violet 2)”ShalimarGuerlain · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”
MitsoukoGuerlain · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”Eau SauvageDior · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”AngelMugler · printed “Ci 60730/ext. violet 2”Good GirlCarolina Herrera · printed “Ci 60730 (ext. violet 2)”
LibreYSL · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”La Vie Est BelleLancôme · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”
Bleu de ChanelChanel · printed “Ci 60730 (ext. violet 2)”Coco MademoiselleChanel · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”
Baccarat Rouge 540Maison Francis Kurkdjian · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”Wild RushInitio · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”Dia ManAmouage · printed “Ci 15510”Overture WomanAmouage · printed “Ci 19140”J'adoreDior · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”Miss DiorDior · printed “Ci 17200 (red 33)”Black OpiumYSL · printed “Ci 15985 / yellow 6”YYSL · printed “Ci 60730 / ext. violet 2”Chance Eau TendreChanel · printed “Ci 60730 (ext. violet 2)”SìArmani · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”
ParadoxePrada · printed “Ci 17200 / red 33”Donna Born in RomaValentino · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”MYSLFYSL · printed “Ci 60730 / ext. violet 2”Bright CrystalVersace · printed “Ci 17200”
Stronger With You IntenselyArmani · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”Uomo Born in Roma IntenseValentino · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”Light Blue Pour HommeDolce & Gabbana · printed “Ci 60730 (ext. violet 2)”FlowerbombViktor&Rolf · printed “Ci 19140 / yellow 5”GoddessBurberry · printed “Yellow 5 (ci 19140)”DaisyMarc Jacobs · printed “Fd&c yellow no. 6 (ci 15985)”HerBurberry · printed “Violet 2 (ci 60730)”Touch for MenBurberry · printed “Ext. violet 2 (ci 60730)”Good Girl BlushCarolina Herrera · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”SauvageDior · printed “Ci 60730 (ext. violet 2)”InvictusRabanne · printed “Ci 60730 (ext. violet 2)”
LibreYSL · printed “Ci 15985/ yellow 6”Chance Eau TendreChanel · printed “Ci 17200 (red 33)”AlienMugler · printed “Ci 60730 / ext. violet 2”La BombaCarolina Herrera · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”My WayArmani · printed “Ci 17200 / red 33”
Stronger With YouArmani · printed “Ci 19140 / yellow 5”IdôleLancôme · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”
Paradoxe IntensePrada · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”PhantomRabanne · printed “Ci 60730 (ext. violet 2)”ChloéChloé · printed “Fd&c yellow no. 5 (ci 19140)”L'InterditGivenchy · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”Grand SoirMaison Francis Kurkdjian · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”Daisy WildMarc Jacobs · printed “Yellow 5 (ci 19140)”Replica By the FireplaceMaison Margiela · printed “Ci 15985 / yellow 6”Miss Dior Blooming BouquetDior · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”
Le Beau Paradise GardenJean Paul Gaultier · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”Million Gold for HerRabanne · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”
FameRabanne · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”
Homme IntenseDior · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”
Le BeauJean Paul Gaultier · printed “Ci 42090 (blue 1)”
1 Million LuckyRabanne · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”
LibreYSL · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”La Vie Est BelleLancôme · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”
Bleu de ChanelChanel · printed “Ci 60730 (ext. violet 2)”Coco MademoiselleChanel · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”
Baccarat Rouge 540Maison Francis Kurkdjian · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”Wild RushInitio · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”Dia ManAmouage · printed “Ci 15510”Overture WomanAmouage · printed “Ci 19140”J'adoreDior · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”Miss DiorDior · printed “Ci 17200 (red 33)”Black OpiumYSL · printed “Ci 15985 / yellow 6”YYSL · printed “Ci 60730 / ext. violet 2”Chance Eau TendreChanel · printed “Ci 60730 (ext. violet 2)”SìArmani · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”
ParadoxePrada · printed “Ci 17200 / red 33”Donna Born in RomaValentino · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”MYSLFYSL · printed “Ci 60730 / ext. violet 2”Bright CrystalVersace · printed “Ci 17200”
Stronger With You IntenselyArmani · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”Uomo Born in Roma IntenseValentino · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”Light Blue Pour HommeDolce & Gabbana · printed “Ci 60730 (ext. violet 2)”FlowerbombViktor&Rolf · printed “Ci 19140 / yellow 5”GoddessBurberry · printed “Yellow 5 (ci 19140)”DaisyMarc Jacobs · printed “Fd&c yellow no. 6 (ci 15985)”HerBurberry · printed “Violet 2 (ci 60730)”Touch for MenBurberry · printed “Ext. violet 2 (ci 60730)”Good Girl BlushCarolina Herrera · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”SauvageDior · printed “Ci 60730 (ext. violet 2)”InvictusRabanne · printed “Ci 60730 (ext. violet 2)”
LibreYSL · printed “Ci 15985/ yellow 6”Chance Eau TendreChanel · printed “Ci 17200 (red 33)”AlienMugler · printed “Ci 60730 / ext. violet 2”La BombaCarolina Herrera · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”My WayArmani · printed “Ci 17200 / red 33”
Stronger With YouArmani · printed “Ci 19140 / yellow 5”IdôleLancôme · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”
Paradoxe IntensePrada · printed “Ci 14700 / red 4”PhantomRabanne · printed “Ci 60730 (ext. violet 2)”ChloéChloé · printed “Fd&c yellow no. 5 (ci 19140)”L'InterditGivenchy · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”Grand SoirMaison Francis Kurkdjian · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”Daisy WildMarc Jacobs · printed “Yellow 5 (ci 19140)”Replica By the FireplaceMaison Margiela · printed “Ci 15985 / yellow 6”Miss Dior Blooming BouquetDior · printed “Ci 14700 (red 4)”
Le Beau Paradise GardenJean Paul Gaultier · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”Million Gold for HerRabanne · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”
FameRabanne · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”
Homme IntenseDior · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”
Le BeauJean Paul Gaultier · printed “Ci 42090 (blue 1)”
1 Million LuckyRabanne · printed “Ci 19140 (yellow 5)”