Description
Coumarin
Aroma Chemicals
Classification: Synthetic Aroma Fragrance & Fixative
Aroma profile: It has a sweet, warm, and herbaceous scent reminiscent of freshly mown hay, vanilla, almond, and tonka bean.
Perfumery role: It is a primary building block for fougère, oriental, and gourmand fragrance families, adding depth, volume, and natural warmth.
Low volatility: Because it evaporates slowly, it acts as a base-note fixative that anchors lighter, more volatile top notes to help the overall scent last longer on the skin.
Structural agent: It smooths transitions between disparate ingredients and stabilizes the composition
Odour Family : Balsamic
Odour Profile
Coumarin presents a sweet, powdery, hay-like aroma with pronounced almondy and herbaceous facets, often evoking the distinctive warmth of new-mown hay with subtle vanilla-like and tonka bean nuances.
Uses
Used extensively as a fixative and key structural element in fougère, oriental, and gourmand compositions to impart warmth, sweetness, and volume.
Switching between hay and tonka beans depending on the context of the material in a fragrance, coumarin is one of the most widely used and popular synthetic aroma chemicals. It was the first synthetic used in a fragrance.
A touch of coumarin can naturalise vanillin giving a truer note of vanilla beans, while an overdose contributes a wonderful cut hay scent.



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