Rosalva

IFF: Fresh, green, aldehydic dewy rose note; imparts a waxy, aldehydic character without being fatty and maintains a constancy of odor strength

Pell Wall Perfumes: Floral-rose, aldehydic, fresh, clean, waxy, metalic
Arctander tells us that it was, from the late 1950s, widely used in soap perfumes but that “smaller amounts find their way into a multitude of floral and refreshing, sweet fragrance types, and in modem detergent fragrances as well. although basically a rose material, it is not confined to typically rosy odors, in fact, it can be used as a ‘lifting’ material in conjunction with ISO-butylquinoline and lonones, and it gives interesting effects with styrax materials.”