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Paradisone

Q: Is Paradisone natural or synthetic?

. Extraction: Synthetic manufacture by a Swiss fragrance house. Laboratory-produced molecule, not extracted from plant material..

POPULAR AND WEIRD / fruity · floral · powdery

Paradisone

Category	POPULAR AND WEIRD
Subcategory	fruity · floral · powdery
Origin
Volatility	Heart Note
Botanical	N/A — synthetic molecule (a Swiss fragrance house)
Appearance	Colorless to pale yellow clear liquid
Odor Strength	Medium
Producing Countries	N/A — proprietary captive (a Swiss fragrance house)
Pyramid	Heart

A synthetic jasmine molecule with a green, fruity-floral radiance. Paradisone captures the lighter, fruitier side of jasmine without the heavy indolic darkness.

Scent
The Full Story
Fun Fact
Extraction & Chemistry
In Perfumery

Scent

Green, fruity-floral jasmine brightness without indolic heaviness. Clean, radiant, and outdoors-sunny. Less animalic than jasmine absolute, less abstract than hedione, more specifically jasmine than generic white floral. A subtle peach-like fruitiness runs through the green-floral character.

Evolution over time

Immediately

Green-floral brightness, fruity-jasmine

After a few hours

Clean radiant jasmine warmth

After a few days

Soft jasmine-floral trace

The Full Story

Paradisone is a synthetic aroma molecule created by a Swiss fragrance house, designed to contribute a green, fruity-floral jasmine character to compositions. It belongs to the family of jasmonate derivatives that perfumers use to build jasmine accords without relying entirely on expensive natural absolutes.

The molecule provides a clean, radiant, and somewhat fruity interpretation of jasmine: the bright, outdoors-in-sunlight side of the flower rather than the heavy, indolic, nighttime quality. It is lighter and more transparent than methyl jasmonate or hedione, offering a specific jasmine brightness.

In composition, Paradisone functions as a heart modifier in floral, fresh, and jasmine-centric compositions. It is particularly useful in modern, clean jasmine accords where the animalic-indolic character of natural jasmine absolute would be too heavy or too polarizing.

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Did You Know?

Did you know?

The discovery of hedione (methyl dihydrojasmonate) in 1962 revolutionized jasmine accords in perfumery. Paradisone and similar molecules represent the next generation: more specific, more tunable versions of the jasmine-radiance concept that hedione pioneered.

Extraction & Chemistry

Extraction method: Synthetic manufacture by a Swiss fragrance house. Laboratory-produced molecule, not extracted from plant material.

Molecular Formula	C₁₃H₂₂O₃
CAS Number	946049-11-2
Botanical Name	N/A — synthetic molecule (a Swiss fragrance house)
IFRA Status	No known restrictions
Synonyms	none
Physical Properties
Odor Strength	Medium
Appearance	Colorless to pale yellow clear liquid

In Perfumery

Paradisone is a synthetic heart modifier providing clean, bright jasmine character in modern floral compositions. Developed by a Swiss fragrance house as a jasmonate derivative with fruity-green radiance. Useful where jasmine absolute would be too heavy, too indolic, or too expensive. Complements hedione and other jasmonate molecules in building layered jasmine accords.