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Paradisone

Ingredients · Florals · heart note

Paradisone

Say itPAIR-uh-dye-sohn

Intense, radiant jasmine-magnolia with airy, sparkling diffusion.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab, first made by Firmenich in 1996.
When you smell it
Heart: the first hours.
What perfumers do with it
Ultra-diffusive Hedione for luminous bloom and room-filling radiance.
Worth knowing
It is about 94% the one stereoisomer that does nearly all of Hedione's smelling.
Also called
(+)-cis-Methyl dihydrojasmonate; (1R,2S) isomer

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