Ingredients · Florals · heart note

Florhydral

Say itflor-HYE-dral

Fresh, green lily of the valley with hyacinth brightness and a dewy feel.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab, first made by Givaudan in 1988.

When you smell it

Heart: the first hours.

What perfumers do with it

Rebuilds muguet and hyacinth notes and reformulates perfumes that once relied on Lilial; pairs well with citrus.

Worth knowing

Discovered by chemist Alan Chalk at Givaudan's New Jersey lab in 1987 and patented the following year.

Also called

3-(3-isopropylphenyl)butanal; floral butanal