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Phenylpropyl alcohol

Ingredients · Florals · heart note

Phenylpropyl alcohol

Say itfen-il-PROH-pil alcohol

Warm, honeyed peony-hyacinth with soft cinnamic-balsamic undertone.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Heart: the first hours.
What perfumers do with it
Adds balsamic warmth to rose, and body and naturalness to hyacinth, lilac and peony accords.
Also called
3-Phenylpropanol; hydrocinnamyl alcohol

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