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Methyl cinnamate

Ingredients · Fruits · heart note

Methyl cinnamate

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Sweet strawberry-balsamic with a cinnamon-fruity warmth.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
Where it comes from
natural in strawberries, some basils and matsutake mushrooms
When you smell it
Heart: the first hours.
What perfumers do with it
Adds jammy strawberry warmth and a balsamic bridge between fruit and spice.
Worth knowing
It is part of the prized aroma of matsutake mushrooms in Japan.
Also called
Methyl 3-phenylpropenoate

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