An accord is a geometry. Vanilla is rose, jasmine, sandalwood, oud, vetiver, musk or amber stacked on purpose.
Naturals and molecules share the same pyramid; IFRA draws some of the lines.
Accords
- Jicky vanillin-civet — Herb + crystal + animal.
- Shalimar night — Bergamot-vanilla balsam.
- Rum bean — Spiritueuse.
- Pipe vanilla — Tobacco Vanille.
- Skin vanillin — Musk + a crystal, 2010s.
Materials
- Vanilla absolute — Solvent of cured beans; smoky, leathery, costly.
- Vanillin — 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde; the crystal.
- Ethyl vanillin — Stronger, more pastry.
- Tonka / coumarin — Hay cousin, not the same orchid.
- Vanilla tahitensis — Anisic, floral, rarer.
- Benzoin — Balsamic extender of vanilla.
Smell the materials before you trust a note list on a box of Vanilla.
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