What Is Lactonic Smell?

Milk lactone or cocolactone has a silky, balsamic almost burnt butter odour which pairs exceedingly well with white flowers (jasmine, gardenia), as it is reminiscent of naturally occuring jasmolactones, hence its use in white floral blends.

What does Lactonic mean?

Definition of lactonic in the English dictionary

The definition of lactonic in the dictionary is of or relating to any of a class of organic compounds formed from hydroxy acids and containing the group -COC-, where the carbon atoms are part of a ring.

Is there a perfume that smells like milk?

In 2004, Clinique launched a perfume, Simply, which was inspired by the smell of breast milk. But fear not, people - it was re-created with notes of soya beans, wood and vanilla (phew).

Alexander Ross

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