Poivrol

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About

Poivrol is a Symrise captive, a single synthetic ester. Its maker gives the odour in four words: 'Aromatic, Pepper, Laurel Leaf, Wood'. It is a top-note material. Symrise says it 'imparts fresh spicy top note accents' and sells it as a 'refresher for transparent, flowery accords'. It is not a pepper extract and does not carry the fruity, terpenic opening of a natural pepper oil.

Scent Profile

Poivrol smells of bright, dry pepper, fresh rather than fruity or heavy, since it is not a natural pepper extract. An aromatic, herbal note runs alongside it, close to a laurel leaf. Underneath sits a plain, unqualified wood note. It reads as a light, diffusive top accord rather than a rounded spice.

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Breadthmedium

EnvelopeTop · ~2h lasting

Family Spicy, Green & Aromatic, Woody & Earthy

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Materials That Can Make This Note

Perfumers can use this material directly to make Poivrol.

Poivrol Methyl 1-methyl-4-propan-2-ylbicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-ene-2-carboxylate clean · dry · woody

Smell words come from published sources.

A given perfume with this note may use this material, or something else.

Origin

Synthetic. The Symrise datasheet gives the chemical name as methyl-4(or 1)-isopropyl-1(or 4)-methylbicyclo[2.2.2]oct-5-ene-2-carboxylate, a bicyclic ester, listed under CAS 68966-86-9. Nothing is extracted. It is sold neat by Symrise and at 10 per cent in DPG through resellers including Perfume Extract in the UK and Perfumer's Apprentice.

Usage in Perfumery

Narrow and stated by the maker. Two uses recur in all three listings. It freshens transparent floral accords, and it brings out the spicy character in agarwood and oud. Perfume Extract adds that it is 'particularly effective for enhancing peppery notes' and is used 'for adding depth, spice and richness to Oud and Leather compositions'. It is a top-note accent, not a spice base.