Darker cells mean a higher score for this topic on that metric.
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Quick answers
What is Aldehydic?
C10–C12 aldehydes — champagne, soap and abstract petals. The 1921 sparkle that still means “perfume-y.”
EDP vs EDT — what changes?
Concentration is oil in alcohol, not a quality score. EDT (about 5–15%) shows more top; EDP (about 15–20%) shows more heart and base. Houses vary; this is not a lab assay.
How should I wear Aldehydic?
One or two sprays on skin or cloth — sternum or hair, not a cloud in a lift. Let it turn an hour before you add more.
Which season fits?
Cool air, cloth or hair. Heat can turn sparkle into ironing water.
Does skin chemistry change it?
Yes. Warm, moist skin amplifies sweet and spice; dry or cool skin can turn the same juice woody, soapy or short. Test on your skin, not only a blotter.
What about IFRA and oakmoss?
IFRA sets industry limits on some naturals and synthetics. A reformulation is usually a legal edit, not a betrayal. This atlas is not a safety sheet.
An accord is a geometry. Aldehydic is rose, jasmine, sandalwood, oud, vetiver, musk or amber stacked on purpose.
Naturals and molecules share the same pyramid; IFRA draws some of the lines.
Accords
- No. 5 sparkle — C-10/11/12 over jasmine-rose-ylang.
- No. 22 bright — Higher aldehydes, cooler.
- Arpège musical — Aldehyde floral, Lanvin.
- White Linen clean — Soap-light, American.
- Snow metallic — C-12 MNA as a lead.
Materials
- Aldehyde C-12 MNA — 2-methylundecanal; metallic, amber-aldehyde.
- Aldehyde C-11 (undecenal) — Waxy, floral-citrus.
- Aldehyde C-10 (decanal) — Orange-peel wax.
- Grasse jasmine & rose — The flowers under the sparkle.
- Ylang extra — Stops the soap from going hollow.
- Hedione — Later air under restages.
Smell the materials before you trust a note list on a box of Aldehydic.
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