Vanillin (Vanilla Note)

Similar to vanilla with a sweet, powerful scent that recalls vanilla sugar, smoother, less animalistic.

Extraction · Solvent extractionUsed parts · Pods

About

Encompassing the delightfully sugared scent of vanilla, vanillin permits to create a natural vanilla effect. It is a synthetic gourmand note of sweet, almondy facets—decadent, smooth and less animalic than vanilla.

History

While vanilla itself has been used since the Aztecs first began mixing it into chocolate, vanillin wasn’t isolated until 1858 when French biochemist Theodore Nicolas Gobley crystallized it from vanilla extract.

Production

The decadent scent of vanilla derives from the vanilla bean plant (Vanilla planifolia), which is native to Mexico. Today, vanilla is mostly grown in Indonesia, Madagascar, Mexico, the Comoro Islands, Tahiti and China. It is said that the vanilla pods only emit their perfume after having “sweated” for months under woolen cloths. As their aroma wafts and mellows, vanilla crystals begin to form—creating the fragrance we know and love. A process of extraction using volatile solvents produces the concrete, absolute and resinoid.

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