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Cherry Blossom season
I’ve been trying to decide if my favourite time of year is Spring or Autumn. I used to say Autumn definitely, with all the leaves changing colour. But the last few years we have had such amazing Spring blossoms. I am learning that they aren’t all cherry blossoms, although some of them are types of cherry tree. But there are also other types of Prunus, which would include plum blossom and almond, along with apple blossom. I have learned about the different types of cherry blossom as well, like the Kanzan cherry (Prunus serrulata) which is larger and grows in clusters, and the weeping cherry or “Snow Fountain” which has…
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Rabbit Ear Aldehyde…
A while ago there was an article on LinkedIn discussing the removal of butylphenyl methylpropional and hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde (HICC) from the Perfumers’ Palette due to regulations, and the use of floral pyranol, as one of the aroma chemicals that can be used instead to create a lily of the valley note. But there was mentioned in this article, “rabbit ear aldehyde” and as I’m a chemist as well as a perfumer, I’d love to know what molecule this relates to. It is presumably another lily note. Could it be cyclamen aldehyde, because that has a structure such that in it’s molecular diagram, the carbons and the branching are a…