Ingredients · Green · top note

Undecavertol

Say itun-dek-uh-VUR-tawl

Fresh violet-leaf green, slightly fruity and floral, clean and airy.

What it is

A molecule made in a lab, first made by Givaudan in 1981.

Where it comes from

proprietary synthetic

When you smell it

Top notes: the first minutes.

What perfumers do with it

Adds a clean, natural green-floral freshness to florals, fruity florals and fresh accords.

Worth knowing

Givaudan found it while researching unknown trace components of lily of the valley.

Known in

Be Delicious (DKNY, 2004)

Also called

4-Methyl-3-decen-5-ol