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Raspberry ketone

Ingredients · Fruits · dry-down

Raspberry ketone

Say itRaspberry KEE-tohn

Sweet ripe raspberry jam with a soft, powdery-fruity warmth.

What it is
A molecule made in a lab.
Where it comes from
made from 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde and acetone
When you smell it
Dry-down: hours later.
What perfumers do with it
Gives raspberry body and long-lasting red-fruit sweetness to berry and gourmand accords.
Worth knowing
Raspberries yield only 1-4 mg per kilo, so the natural molecule can cost about $20,000 per kilo.
Rules
Limited. IFRA use limits since 2020 (49th Amendment).
Also called
Frambinone; 4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)butan-2-one; rheosmin

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