Vanitrope
Used in 3 formulas
About this material
Most perfumers default to vanillin or ethyl vanillin without a second thought. Vanitrope asks you to reconsider. Roughly twenty times vanillin's strength, it carries a heliotrope-violet dimension neither of those workhorses possess — plus tobacco warmth, a woody-spicy edge, and a powdery finish that belongs in a different league. That potency changes how you work. Derive no more than half your vanilla character from vanitrope, filling the rest with ethyl vanillin or vanillin for balance. The heliotrope dimension gives you a vanilla accord of genuine complexity. And unlike vanillin, it won't yellow your formulations. Ethyl vanillin is its best partner — the two boost each other in ways neithe… — Fraterworks
Usage in formulas
The 683rd most used material of 1414 in the catalogue, present in 3 of 806 formulas. A signature material: whoever uses it means to.
Where it actually lives
The share of each family's formulas that contain it. Not how often it appears, but how indispensable it is inside that family.
- Amber Vanillain 20% of 5 formulas
- Orientalin 3% of 37 formulas
