Warm, sweet, coumarin-rich aroma of freshly dried grass and hay — reminiscent of a sun-baked meadow with tobacco-like and slightly tea-like nuances. Develops a soft, powdery, almost almondy sweetness over time with subtle green-herbaceous undertones.AI · claude-opus-4-7
| Allergen | CAS | % in ingredient |
|---|---|---|
| 3-PROPYLIDENEPHTHALIDE | 17369-59-4 | — |
| 6-METHYL COUMARIN | 92-48-8 | — |
| ACETYL CEDRENE | 32388-55-9 | — |
| AMYL SALICYLATE | 2050-08-0 | — |
| ANETHOLE | 104-46-1 | — |
| Alpha-Isomethyl ionone | 127-51-5 | — |
| Amyl cinnamal | 122-40-7 | — |
| Amylcinnamyl alcohol | 101-85-9 | — |
| Anise alcohol | 105-13-5 | — |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 100-52-7 | 0.02% |
| Benzyl alcohol | 100-51-6 | 0.02% |
| Benzyl benzoate | 120-51-4 | — |
| Benzyl cinnamate | 103-41-3 | — |
| Benzyl salicylate | 118-58-1 | — |
| CAMPHOR | 76-22-2 | — |
| CANANGA ODORATA OIL / EXTRACT | 83863-30-3 | — |
| CARVONE | 99-49-0 | — |
| CEDRUS ATLANTICA OIL / EXTRACT | 92201-55-3 | — |
| CINNAMOMUM CASSIA LEAF OIL | 8007-80-5 | — |
| CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM BARK OIL | 8015-91-6 | — |
| CITRUS AURANTIUM BERGAMIA PEEL OIL | 8007-75-8 | — |
| CITRUS AURANTIUM FLOWER OIL | 72968-50-4 | — |
| CITRUS AURANTIUM PEEL OIL | 68916-04-1 | — |
| CITRUS LIMON PEEL OIL | 84929-31-7 | — |
| Cinnamal | 104-55-2 | — |
| Cinnamyl alcohol | 104-54-1 | — |
| Citral | 5392-40-5 | — |
| Citronellol | 106-22-9 | — |
| Coumarin | 91-64-5 | 1.2% |
| DIMETHYL PHENETHYL ACETATE | 151-05-3 | — |
| EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS OIL | 97926-40-4 | — |
| EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLUS OIL | 8000-34-8 | — |
| EUGENYL ACETATE | 93-28-7 | — |
| Eugenol | 97-53-0 | — |
| Farnesol | 4602-84-0 | — |
| GERANYL ACETATE | 105-87-3 | — |
| Geraniol | 106-24-1 | — |
| HEXADECANOLACTONE | 109-29-5 | — |
| HEXAMETHYLINDANOPYRAN | 1222-05-5 | — |
| Hexyl cinnamal | 101-86-0 | — |
| Hydroxycitronellal | 107-75-5 | — |
| ISOEUGENYL ACETATE | 93-29-8 | — |
| Isoeugenol | 97-54-1 | — |
| JASMINE OIL / EXTRACT | 84776-64-7 | — |
| JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA OIL | 8000-27-9 | — |
| LAURUS NOBILIS LEAF OIL | 8002-41-3 | — |
| LAVANDULA OIL / EXTRACT | 91722-69-9 | — |
| LEMONGRASS OIL | 8007-02-1 | — |
| LINALYL ACETATE | 115-95-7 | — |
| LIPPIA CITRIODORA ABSOLUTE | 8024-12-2 | — |
| Limonene | 138-86-3 | — |
| Linalool | 78-70-6 | — |
| MENTHA PIPERITA OIL | 8006-90-4 | — |
| MENTHA VIRIDIS LEAF OIL | 8008-79-5 | — |
| MENTHOL | 89-78-1 | — |
| METHYL SALICYLATE | 119-36-8 | — |
| MYROXYLON PEREIRAE OIL / EXTRACT | 8007-00-9 | — |
| Methyl 2-octynoate | 111-12-6 | — |
| NARCISSUS EXTRACT | 90064-26-9 | — |
| Oak moss extract | 9000-50-4 | — |
| PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS FLOWER OIL | 90082-51-2 | — |
| PINENE | 80-56-8 | — |
| PINUS MUGO | 90082-72-7 | — |
| PINUS PUMILA | 97676-05-6 | — |
| POGOSTEMON CABLIN OIL | 8014-09-3 | — |
| ROSE FLOWER OIL / EXTRACT | 8007-01-0 | — |
| ROSE KETONES | 43052-87-5 | — |
| SALICYLALDEHYDE | 90-02-8 | — |
| SANTALOL | 11031-45-1 | — |
| SANTALUM ALBUM OIL | 84787-70-2 | — |
| SCLAREOL | 515-03-7 | — |
| TERPINEOL | 8000-41-7 | — |
| TERPINOLENE | 586-62-9 | — |
| TETRAMETHYL ACETYLOCTAHYDRONAPHTHALENES | 54464-57-2 | — |
| TRIMETHYLBENZENEPROPANOL | 103694-68-4 | — |
| TRIMETHYLCYCLOPENTENYL METHYLISOPENTENOL | 67801-20-1 | — |
| TURPENTINE | 9005-90-7 | — |
| Tree moss extract | 68648-41-9 | — |
| VANILLIN | 121-33-5 | 0.1% |
| alpha-TERPINENE | 99-86-5 | — |
| beta-CARYOPHYLLENE | 87-44-5 | — |
Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 188.
Generally, the commercially available Hay Absolutes are viscous liquids, dark amber, dark green or brownish green in color, occasionally they are soft masses of olive-brown color.
The odor is powerful and extremely sweet, quite diffusive, coumarin-like and faintly herbaceous, very uniform and tenacious. The undertone is almost jam-like sweet, reminiscent of figs or preserved prunes in odor type.
Hay absolute could be used in flavors, but the coumarin-ban is, at least ethically, extended to such natural products which contain significant amounts of coumarin.
Hay Absolute is used in perfumery not only in 'new mown hay' bases, or in combination with flouve, melilotus, tonka, woodruff, deertongue, etc., but also as an individual note to be introduced whenever a truly herbaceous-sweet undertone is required: in lavender, fougére, chypre, colognes, tea-notes, 'tabac'-notes, forest-notes and various bouquets. Interesting effects are obtained with hay absolute in jasmin bases, orange flower bases, etc.
The botanical material is extracted with petroleum ether to produce a concréte. The absolute is prepared by alcohol washing of the concréte.
Restricted IFRA-standard materials typically present in this NCS at the listed concentrations.
| Constituent | CAS | Typical % |
|---|---|---|
| Coumarin | 91-64-5 | 8% |
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