Citronitrile™ (Symrise)
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What does Citronitrile smell like?
Symrise's own datasheet gives the odour as citrus, rosy, waxy, cinnamon and coriander, and elsewhere the house calls it citrus-like and fruity-floral with rosy and cinnamon nuances. It is the mixed (E)/(Z) 3-methyl-5-phenylpent-2-enenitrile at min. 94 percent, a clear colourless to pale yellow liquid. The nitrile group is what earns it a place: unlike a citrus oil or an aldehyde it does not go sour or fade, so Symrise recommends it as the main ingredient for building stable citrus accords and to prolong citrus top notes, and it blends well into floral rosy and balsamic oriental directions where the waxy cinnamon facet gives the top a little body instead of a thin lemon flash.
What else is Citronitrile called?
3-Methyl-5-phenylpent-2-enenitrile · 3-Methyl-5-phenyl-2-pentenenitrile
Restricted under IFRA. This material carries a restriction. PerfuMate checks your formula against the 51st Amendment as you build, including the same molecule arriving from several naturals at once. What that covers, and what it does not.
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