Ingredients · Florals · dry-down

Dupical

Say itDOO-pih-kal

Intense, watery-green lily of the valley petals with a light marine-aldehydic air.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

When you smell it

Dry-down: hours later.

What perfumers do with it

Used in traces to lift and freshen muguet and hyacinth accords; can carry a whole muguet note.

Worth knowing

So potent that suppliers sell it pre-diluted to 10%; a trace alone can stand in for a whole muguet accord.

Also called

4-(tricyclodecylidene)butanal; muguet butanal