Ingredients · Florals · heart note

Lilyflore

Say itLIL-ee-flor

Delicate, transparent white florals: lily of the valley with green, slightly aquatic facets.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab, first made by Firmenich in 1999.

When you smell it

Heart: the first hours.

What perfumers do with it

Adds volume and structure to muguet, lilac and gardenia accords in traces; bridges hydroxycitronellal and Lilial.

Worth knowing

Firmenich patented it in 1999 and showcased it in its 2018 'Beyond Muguet' collection of lily-of-the-valley molecules.

Also called

2,5-dimethyl-2-indanmethanol