Evernyl ®
Synthetic Ingredient for Perfumery
Evernyl, a high-strength, powdery and mossy odor agent, perfect for creating traditional Fougère fragrances. With a prominent, dry, and earthy scent profile, this chemical ehances notes of oakmoss and woody spices.
Ideal for complementing natural oakmoss, it offers a lasting aroma for perfumery.
🔎 IUPAC — methyl 2,4-dihydroxy-3,6-dimethylbenzoate
🏭 Manufacturer Givaudan
📂 CAS N° 4707-47-5
⚖️ MW — 196.2 g/mol
📝 Odor Type — Powdery \ Mossy
📈 Odor Strength — High, recommended smelling in 10% sol. Stays a dozen days on strip.
👃🏼 Odor Profile — mossy, oakmoss woody, phenolic, earthy. The smell is very characteristic, super dry, like putting the head in a bag full of dust.
👅 Flavor Profile — mossy, dry, earthy, woody, phenolic, oakmoss, spicy and powdery
⚗️ Uses — Used alongside natural oakmoss it is possible to create a very effective facsimile of a traditional Fougère using this material, though it isn’t a full substitute for oakmoss on its own, this chemical is one of the key odor components of oakmoss absolute.
What is Evenyl?
Atraric Acid (evernyl or veramoss) is a naturally occurring phenolic compound and ester with the IUPAC name methyl 2,4-dihydroxy-3,6-dimethylbenzoate and molecular formula C10H12O4. It occurs in the root bark of Pygeum africanum and Evernia prunastri (Oakmoss).
Oakmoss was used in perfumery for many years, very specifically in the chypre accord. However, due to its allergic potential is now banned from use in perfumery, and its widely replaced by the synthetic note called Evewrnyl \ veramoss. It was discovered by Roure Bertrand Dupont (nowadays Givaudan).
This molecule has become a key ingredient in the aromatic fougere as well. A category of scent mostly appreciated by men.
There is evidence to suggest that it has antiandrogenic activity in humans and its use in the treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia, prostate cancer, and spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy has been investigated.
Sources:
National Center for Biotechnology Information (2020). PubChem Compound Summary for CID 78435, Methyl 2,4-dihydroxy-3,6-dimethylbenzoate. Retrieved November 25, 2020 from https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Methyl-2_4-dihydroxy-3_6-dimethylbenzoate.
