Ingredients · Powder · dry-down
Methyl ionone alpha extra
Say itMETH-il EYE-uh-nohn alpha extra
Bold orris-violet with leathery, woody depth.
- What it is
- A molecule made in a lab.
- When you smell it
- Dry-down: hours later.
- What perfumers do with it
- Stronger, more leathery methyl ionone for rich iris and leather-violet effects.
- Rules
- Limited. IFRA limits for methyl ionone isomers (49th Amendment)
- Also called
- alpha-n-methyl ionone; methyl ionone (mixed isomers)
Not on the label of any of the 232 perfumes read so far.