Ingredients · Woods · heart note

Koavone

Say itKOH-uh-vohn

Woody-violet with balsamic pine lift, warm amber and a toffee hint.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

When you smell it

Heart: the first hours.

What perfumers do with it

Modern methyl-ionone alternative bridging violet-orris florals and woody-amber accords with good diffusion.

Worth knowing

Formerly an IFF captive, it is now sold openly as a replacement for classic methyl ionones.

Rules

Limited. IFRA 51 caps it at 1.9% in fine fragrance.

Also called

Acetyl diisoamylene; woody amylene; (Z)-3,4,5,6,6-pentamethylhept-3-en-2-one