Lyral

About this material

Banned in the EU and restricted to 0.2% by IFRA for the rest of the us, Lyral remains one of the most profoundly beautiful white floral chemicals. It gave life to Aventus illustrating its amazing ability to floralise masculines without adding a feminine touch, and without it the masterpiece Chanel fragrance Coco (1986) wouldn't be possible. As Europe strips bare its greatest works of modern fragrance art in honour of health and safety regulators, we can at least be happy to know that thousands of bottles of now-vintage perfume are still floating around on eBay to allow us to enjoy the beauty of this material. And thankfully most non-European perfumers are still free to use this in commercial… — Fraterworks

Usage in formulas

The 225th most used material of 1414 in the catalogue, present in 36 of 806 formulas. A signature material: whoever uses it means to.