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Parmantheme

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Parmantheme

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Parma violet: green cucumber-leaf top, then sweet, powdery ionone flower.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Heart: the first hours.
What perfumers do with it
A ready-made violet accord for soliflores, or a powdery touch in floral bouquets.

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