Ingredients · Sweet · dry-down

Cyclotene

Say itSYE-kloh-teen

Maple syrup and caramel with a nutty, toasted warmth.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

Where it comes from

nature-identical, formed in roasted and caramelised foods

When you smell it

Dry-down: hours later.

What perfumers do with it

Gives maple and caramel depth to gourmand, tobacco and immortelle-style accords.

Also called

Methylcyclopentenolone; maple lactone; MCP