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Profarnesal

Ingredients · Florals · heart note

Profarnesal

Say itproh-FAR-nuh-sal

Aldehydic muguet and orchid with waxy, watery, green and fruity touches.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
When you smell it
Heart: the first hours.
What perfumers do with it
Adds aldehydic freshness and a muguet-orchid floral note to fresh florals; stable in soaps and lotions.
Also called
Oncidal; (E)-2,6,10-trimethylundeca-5,9-dienal; muguet undecadienal

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