Lemonile

Say itLEM-uh-nyle

Zesty lemon peel, fresh and slightly green-metallic, unusually long-lasting.

What it is: A molecule made in a lab.
Where it comes from: mixture of three isomers
When you smell it: Top notes: the first minutes.
What perfumers do with it: Tenacious, stable lemon for lemon, verbena and lime accords, in fine and functional fragrance.
Worth knowing: Rare among citrus molecules, it keeps its zesty lemon character for hours instead of vanishing.
Also called: 3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-nonadienenitrile

Not on the label of any of the 232 perfumes read so far.

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