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Coumarin

Coumarin (CAS 91-64-5) is one of the fragrance allergens the European Union requires to be named on a label once it passes a threshold. It is rarely something you added on purpose: 55 materials in this catalog carry it as a constituent, which is how a formula ends up over the line without a single line item admitting to it.

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What Coumarin smells like

Natural coumarin isolated from cassia bark: warm, sweet hay and tonka with a spicy, cinnamon-like edge and hints of almond, tobacco and custard. Spicier and more pungent than synthetic coumarin, without its cherry note; for fougeres, tobacco and vanilla accords.

It is a material in its own right, not only a line on a label: its catalog page carries the full profile.

Coumarin itself

Olfactive family
Sweet
Volatility band
Base
Origin
Natural
IFRA, Category 4
1.5% of the finished product
GHS
H317 · Warning

Where Coumarin comes from on a shelf

20 of the 57 carriers in this catalog are naturals and 37 are synthetic. The heaviest carrier that is not the molecule itself is Coumarin ex Cassia, at about 99%.

Which materials carry Coumarin

MaterialEstimated content
Coumarin the material itself 100%
Coumarin ex Cassia the material itself 100%
Coumarin ex Cassia 99%
Tonka Bean CO2 Extract 70%
Tonka bean absolute 65%
Liatrix absolute 55%
Sweet Clover Absolute 40%
Tonkarome 40%
New Mown Hay (F-TEC) 30%
Olibanum CNC 13%
Black Opoponax 199699A 13%
Fixateur 404 8.0%
Fougere Vert (F-TEC) 8.0%
Krishna Musk Givco 8.0%
Amber Solid 6.0%
Ambre 83 6.0%
Ambreine (F-TEC) 6.0%
Ambreine Classic PW 6.0%
Flouve absolute 6.0%
Coconut Delight 5.0%
Fixateur 505 5.0%
Hay absolute 5.0%
Labdanum (F-TEC) 4.0%
Q-Queen of the Orient (F-TEC) 4.0%
Amber (F-TEC) 3.0%
Gourmande (F-TEC) 3.0%
Lavandin Absolute 3.0%
Narcissus (F-TEC) 3.0%
Oriental (F-TEC) 3.0%
Powdery (F-TEC) 3.0%
Figuene 3.0%
Honey Oliffac DEPR 0512 3.0%
Fragrant Rice (F-TEC) 2.0%
Lavender Absolute 2.0%
S-Spice (F-TEC) 2.0%
Tobacco (F-TEC) 2.0%
Pineapple Natpop 1.6%
Cassia Essential Oil 1.5%
Bran Absolute 1.0%
Cinnamon (F-TEC) 1.0%
Lavender (F-TEC) 1.0%
Pine Needle (F-TEC) 1.0%
Sweet Vanilla (F-TEC) 1.0%
Royal Leather 674276A 1.0%
Vanellia 319883A 1.0%
Tobacco absolute 0.50%
Lavandin Essential Oil Grosso 0.30%
Lavender Essential Oil 0.30%
Lavandin Super Essential Oil 0.15%
Beeswax Absolute 0.01%
Red Seaweed CO2 0.01%
Seaweed absolute 0.01%
Orange Flower Tunisia CO2 Extract 0.01%
Honey Supreme 0.00%
Vanilla Supreme 0.00%
Honey Provence (Firmenich) 0.00%
Pineapple Essence (Natural) 0.00%

Estimates from typical published compositions, not a certificate of analysis for your bottle. A supplier's own figures always win.

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