Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless to yellowish liquid ketone, C13H20O, having the odor of cedar or violets, occurring in either of two isomeric forms, and used chiefly in perfumes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem., a hydro-aromatic ketone, made artificially from the citral of lemon-grass and other oils, possessing in a marked degree the odor of violet flowers, and hence used with advantage in modern perfumery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry Any of a series of closely related
aromatic chemical substances that are part of a group ofcompounds known as rose ketones, includingdamascones anddamascenones , found in a variety ofessential oils .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As it turns out, what makes tea roses smell the way they do is their orange colour, due to presence of beta carotene, and also a type of ionone, which is what make it smell as fresh as a cup of green tea.
Archive 2009-02-01 Ayala Sender 2009
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As it turns out, what makes tea roses smell the way they do is their orange colour, due to presence of beta carotene, and also a type of ionone, which is what make it smell as fresh as a cup of green tea.
Tea Rose Ayala Sender 2009
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The trick he arrived at was mating a synthetic called ionone, which, as far as he knew, had only been used to make the scent of violets, and Hedione (the trade name for the synthetic molecule methyl dihydrojasmonate, originally found in jasmine), a heady, ethereal, glowing smell.
University Diaries 2008
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I think they are so much prettier and refreshing than the Damascena or Centirolia roses this is due to the presence of the violety ionone in this Asian variety of rose0.
My very favorite smelly things this winter Ayala Sender 2009
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The result was very much to my liking: cheerful and light rose with none of the muddiness that can so easily darken an all-natural rose fragrance, with ionone and tea depths that make it interesting and long lasting and quite diffusive.
Tea Rose Ayala Sender 2009
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When Glass Petal Smoke asked him if there was a little heliotropin in the mix Kaiser responded with scientific precision, This heliotropin related note is mainly generated by the interaction of the main constituent hydroquinone dimethyl ether with beta-ionone including derivatives and methyl cinnamate.
Archive 2009-05-01 Michelle Krell Kydd 2009
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When Glass Petal Smoke asked him if there was a little heliotropin in the mix Kaiser responded with scientific precision, This heliotropin related note is mainly generated by the interaction of the main constituent hydroquinone dimethyl ether with beta-ionone including derivatives and methyl cinnamate.
Royal Paulownia: The Perfume of Spring Along the Hudson Michelle Krell Kydd 2009
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He created the abstract suggestion of un-steeped tea leaves by pairing two molecules: hedione (a component in Jasmine) and ionone (a component in Violet Leaf).
Tea and Perfume: Time is of Essence Ayala Sender 2009
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The result was very much to my liking: cheerful and light rose with none of the muddiness that can so easily darken an all-natural rose fragrance, with ionone and tea depths that make it interesting and long lasting and quite diffusive.
Archive 2009-02-01 Ayala Sender 2009
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He created the abstract suggestion of un-steeped tea leaves by pairing two molecules: hedione (a component in Jasmine) and ionone (a component in Violet Leaf).
Archive 2009-06-01 Ayala Sender 2009
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