Ingredients · Herbs & lavender · heart note

Terpinyl acetate

Say itTUR-pih-nil AS-ih-tayt

Sweet herbal bergamot-lavender, lightly piney and citrusy.

What it is

A molecule made from a natural raw material.

Where it comes from

natural in cardamom oil

When you smell it

Heart: the first hours.

What perfumers do with it

Budget substitute that extends lavender and bergamot in fougères and functional fragrance.

Worth knowing

It is a main odorant of cardamom oil, often making up a third or more of it.

Also called

alpha-Terpinyl acetate