Ingredients · Florals · heart note

Nerol

Say itNEER-awl

Fresh, sweet rose with neroli, lemon and magnolia facets.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab.

Where it comes from

made from pinene-derived myrcene

When you smell it

Heart: the first hours.

What perfumers do with it

Freshens and sweetens rose and orange-blossom accords; softer, greener alternative to geraniol.

Worth knowing

Named after neroli oil, from which it was first isolated.

Also called

cis-Geraniol; (Z)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-ol