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Heliotropine (Heliotrope)

Floral, balsamic, vanilla, powdery.

Smooth like vanilla and soft as a cloud, the delectably sweet note of heliotrope adds a floral, suave facet to both feminine and masculine fragrances. A versatile ingredient, heliotrope is known to balance both its characteristically vanilla-esque facets with the warmth of almonds, anise or cinnamon. Its smoothness creates creamy undertones in a variety of fragrances—most notably in lilac accords.

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Type
Reproduction accord or molecule

Production

The headspace technique can be used to preserve the purple flower’s delicate fragrance, but, most often, the scent is reproduced synthetically using other raw materials. In fact, heliotrope is usually created using a single molecule: heliotropin.

History

While the heliotropin molecule wasn't discovered until the second half of the 19th century, the use of heliotrope flowers in perfumery is certainly much older—ancient Egyptians are recorded as having delighted in the fragrant decorum of the dainty flower.

Most combined ingredients

Vanilla
Musk
Jasmine
Sandalwood
Bergamot
Rose
Violet
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Iconic Fragrance
Guerlain

L'HEURE BLEUE EAU DE PARFUM

"The sun has set, but night has not yet fallen. It is the suspended hour." Jacques Guerlain describes this moment during a walk on the banks of the Seine. This rich floral bouquet shows the Bulgarian rose, the orange blossom, the iris and the heliotrope which gives it its sensual powdery note.

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