Coumarin

Aroma Chemicals

Coumarin

Coumarin smells sweet and aromatic with hints of coconut, hay, and tobacco, making it a versatile base note in perfumery.

Aroma ChemicalBaseCAS: 91-64-5

Odor Strength

Medium ,Recommend Smelling In A 10.00 % Solution Or Less

Odor Type

Gourmand

TonkaVanilla

Functional Profile

How perfumers typically use Coumarin in their compositions.

Support

84 formulas

0.0%1.2%4.5%

Blend

73 formulas

0.3%2.0%8.9%

Build

70 formulas

0.2%4.6%25.1%

Enhance

22 formulas

1.5%2.8%4.0%

Modulate

16 formulas

0.1%2.0%10.4%

Accent

13 formulas

0.0%0.7%1.6%

Common Formula Contexts

Fragrance styles and categories where Coumarin appears most often.

Floral Bouquet

46 formulas

0.0%2.7%10.4%

Fresh Citrus

38 formulas

0.1%3.1%12.5%

Complex Composition

32 formulas

0.1%3.9%25.1%

Oriental Amber

18 formulas

0.6%2.4%7.3%

Woody Aromatic

9 formulas

0.2%3.0%6.5%

TGSC Descriptions

Luebke, William tgsc, (1982): Sweet hay tonka new mown hay

Other Descriptions

Coumarin

Fraterworks: Switching between hay and tonka beans depending on the context of the material in a fragrance, coumarin is one of the most widely used and popular synthetic aroma chemicals. it was the first synthetic used in a fragrance — 10% of fougère royale by paul parquet for houbigant in 1882 (see the formula for this fine fragrance below).
A touch of coumarin can naturalise vanillin giving a truer note of vanilla beans, while an overdose contributes a wonderful cut hay scent.

Coumarin

Pell Wall Perfumes: Sweet, hay, tonka, new-mown-hay
Arctander describes it as “sweet, herbaceous-warm, somewhat spicy odor, in extreme dilution more haylike, nut- iike, tobacco-like… extensively used in perfumery to support herbaccous odors, lavender, lavandin, rosemary, citrus oils, oakmoss, etc., and as a fixative in numerous types of fragrances; almost a standard ingredient in fougère types with amylsalicylate and lavender-notes, with or without oakmoss.”