No drawing: it is there to carry or keep the perfume.

Perfumer's alcohol

Ingredients · Not for the smell

Perfumer's alcohol (ethanol)

Sharp, clean boozy sting that vanishes within seconds.

What it is
There to carry, keep or colour the perfume, not for its smell.
What perfumers do with it
Dissolves and projects the perfume oils, then evaporates; usually most of a spray's volume
Worth knowing
US rules spell out each recipe: SD 40-B adds denatonium benzoate and tert-butyl alcohol to every 100 gallons.
Known in
Invictus (Paco Rabanne, 2013)
Also called
alcohol denat.; SD alcohol 40-B or 39-C; ethyl alcohol

On the label of 218 of the 232 perfumes read so far

No. 5Chanel · printed “Alcohol”SauvageDior · printed “Alcohol”ShalimarGuerlain · printed “Alcohol”MitsoukoGuerlain · printed “Alcohol”Eau SauvageDior · printed “Alcohol”AngelMugler · printed “Alcohol”

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