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LILAC

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Material type
natural essential oil
Canonical source
arctander

Description ❯ Lilac opens with soft lilac petals with airy florals and gentle powdery sweetness, creating a scent profile that feels distinctive without becoming overwhelming. Lilac works best when its soft character remains measured, as too much means the floral character can become dense and obscure its more delicate details. What makes Lilac distinctive is the balance between its soft impression and the floral detail underneath. Lilac brings its soft and floral qualities together in a way that feels familiar but not predictable. Details ❯ Our Fragrance Oils have been specifically formul… — Mystic Moments product description, imported.

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Compatibility tags
white-floralspring-floralpowderysoliflorecologne
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Middle
Descriptors
sweetfloral

A soft, dewy floral evoking fresh lilac blossoms — green, slightly watery, with a powdery-sweet heart and a faint hint of almond-like heliotropin nuance. Note that true lilac essential oil is not commercially viable; commercial 'Lilac' is virtually always a reconstituted accord built from terpineol, phenylethyl alcohol, heliotropin, and indole traces.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
5 / 10
Tenacity
5 / 10
Volatility
6 / 10
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naturals · No. 250

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 234.

solvent extraction
sweetfloral
Odor

The lilac fragrance is probably the perfume which is most frequently created by the perfumer from synthetic and natural raw materials. The flowers bloom in several colors: from snow-white and creamy through all shades of lilac color, red-blue, to the deepest purple lilac. There is a certain variation in the fragrance of lilac flowers of different color.

Uses in perfumery

An absolute has been prepared from the flowers of lilac by hydrocarbon solvent extraction and subsequent alcohol extraction of the produced concrete. None of the existing lilac absolutes have anything exceptional to offer with respect to odor effect or power. These virtues can be obtained from an artificial lilac base.

Production

An absolute has been prepared from the flowers of lilac by hydrocarbon solvent extraction and subsequent alcohol extraction of the produced concrete.

Identity
Aliases · 4
Butaflor LilacGERANIOLLILAC FRAGRANCE (Contains:ALPHA-ISOMETHYL IONONESyringa Vulgaris
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