Note · Flowers
Heliotropin
Heliotropin, also called piperonal, is a molecule with a soft, powdery scent, somewhere between almond and vanilla. It is used in particular to recreate the scent of the heliotrope flower, which yields no essential oil.
What it brings
A powdery, almond-like softness that rounds out florals and ambers.
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Material profile
- Family
- Flowers
- Nature
- Synthetic molecule
- Origin
- A synthetic molecule, also found naturally, in small amounts, in vanilla.
- How it is obtained
- Laboratory synthesis
- On Volute
- 1 fragrance
The fragrances that reveal it
In the same family · Flowers
- Blue poppy
- Broom
- Camellia
- Carnation
- Centifolia rose
- Cherry blossom
- Crocus flower
- Cyclamen
- Damask rose
- Freesia
- Geranium
- Ginger flower
- Hawthorn
- Heliotrope
- Hibiscus
- Honeysuckle
- Hyacinth
- Jonquil
- Lilac
- Lily
- Lily of the valley
- Linden blossom
- Lotus flower
- Magnolia
- Mahonial
- Mimosa
- Narcissus
- Orchid
- Orris
- Osmanthus
- Peach blossom
- Peony
- Petalia
- Raspberry blossom
- Rose
- Rose oxide
- Salicylate notes
- Sweet pea
- Tagetes
- Tobacco flower
- Tulip
- Violet
- Water lily