Not drawn yet: a drawing of what it smells like.
Ingredients · Florals · heart note
Silvial
Say itSIL-vee-al
Bright, watery lily of the valley with a zesty aldehydic sparkle.
- What it is
- A molecule made in a lab, first made by Rhône-Poulenc in 1964.
- When you smell it
- Heart: the first hours.
- What perfumers do with it
- A go-to Lilial and Lyral substitute that gives muguet accords power and freshness.
- Worth knowing
- It differs from Lilial only in the shape of one four-carbon side chain: isobutyl instead of tert-butyl.
- Rules
- Limited. IFRA limits since 49th Amendment: sensitization, systemic toxicity
- Also called
- Suzaral; 3-(4-isobutylphenyl)-2-methylpropanal; cyclamen homoaldehyde
Not on the label of any of the 232 perfumes read so far.
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