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Aroma Chemicals / Bases

p-Hydroxyacetophenone

Original designation: Acétophénone para-hydroxy

A restrained crystalline floral with a sweet hawthorn-and-balsam aura, useful when a composition needs quiet powder and warmth rather than obvious projection.

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1 g

€8.50

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p-Hydroxyacetophenone

Olfactive character

Base note

In perfumery vocabulary, p-Hydroxyacetophenone is associated with mild sweet, hawthorn-like, balsamic, mimosa-like, powdery floral and diffusive. Its creative role is a deep base-note material with architectural presence, giving structure and character to complex accords.

  • mild sweet
  • hawthorn-like
  • balsamic
  • mimosa-like
  • powdery floral
  • diffusive
Train your nose with this material

At the perfumer’s organ

In the organ, use it to build hawthorn and mimosa effects, enrich powdery floral warmth and introduce balsamic-soft support for vintage bouquets. As base note, it offers signature rather than mere theme.

  • hawthorn and mimosa effects
  • powdery floral warmth
  • balsamic-soft support for historical bouquets

Extraction & expression

Aroma chemicals are the precision instruments of the organ. Their value is structural as much as olfactive: they can sharpen an outline, create space, bridge naturals or sustain an effect with repeatable clarity.

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A vintage material for contemporary creation

Preserved within the Maison Orris collection assembled by 2006, this material opens a door to an earlier era of perfumery. An uncommon voice from legendary perfumery heritage, made for mature, daring compositions—a scent from the past, ready to inspire something entirely new.

Material registerCatalogue identity and recorded details
Maison Orris reference
MO-199
Historic catalogue name
Calchauvet
Availability
Available
Register reference
122191
Material type
Aroma chemical
Physical form
Not recorded
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