Aldehyde Floral Accord.

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Skybound Reverie

Community Perfumer · Updated June 2026

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Chanel No.5 — 1921, Ernest Beaux The most influential accord of the 20th century. Fatty aldehydes over a rose-jasmine base, anchored by musks. The aldehydes create an abstract metallic-soapy facet that was radically modern in 1921 — and still distinctive today. "Standard synthetic products — aldehydes, phenylethyl alcohol, geraniol, citronellol, benzyl acetate — date from the first decade of the twentieth century." — Ch. I Modernization logic — Use all three chain lengths together: C10 (waxy-citrus), C11 (soapy-fatty), C12 (metallic-powdery) — each plays a distinct role. Total aldehyde load is only 10 pts but they drive the whole accord. Hedione HC is the modern jasmine substitute.