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Dihydrocoumarin

Ingredients · Sweet · dry-down

Dihydrocoumarin

Say itdye-hye-droh-KOO-muh-rin

Sweet hay and caramel with a creamy, coconut-tonka softness.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
Where it comes from
natural in sweet clover (Melilotus)
When you smell it
Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it
A softer, creamier alternative to coumarin in tonka, hay and gourmand accords.
Rules
Limited. IFRA restricted (2023); earlier fully prohibited, later relaxed.
Also called
3,4-Dihydrocoumarin; melilotin

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