Ingredients · Florals · dry-down

Farnesol

Say itFAR-nuh-sawl

Delicate green-floral: linden blossom and dewy lily of the valley, faintly fruity.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

When you smell it

Dry-down: hours later.

What perfumers do with it

Adds fruity-floral nuance to muguet and linden accords while fixing lighter floral notes.

Worth knowing

Named after the Farnese acacia, one of its sources; its smell grows stronger as it evaporates.

Rules

Limited. IFRA purity specification and limits; EU-labelled skin allergen

Also called

3,7,11-trimethyldodeca-2,6,10-trien-1-ol

On the label of 94 of the 232 perfumes read so far

No. 5Chanel · printed “Farnesol”AngelMugler · printed “Farnesol”LibreYSL · printed “Farnesol”Bleu de ChanelChanel · printed “Farnesol”Portrait of a LadyFrédéric Malle · printed “Farnesol”Santal 33Le Labo · printed “Farnesol”

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