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gamma-Decalactone

Say itGAM-uh-dek-uh-LAK-tohn

Juicy peach and apricot with a creamy, fatty-coconut undertone.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

Where it comes from

made synthetically or by yeast fermentation

When you smell it

Heart: the first hours.

What perfumers do with it

Softer, fleshier peach-apricot than Aldehyde C-14; used in fruity florals and milky gourmands.

Worth knowing

Natural-grade versions are brewed by yeast feeding on ricinoleic acid from castor oil.

Also called

γ-Decalactone; peach lactone