The green-floral scent of this small flower has been appreciated for ages, but a good perfume was impossible to make until about 1900. About then a synthetic: hydroxycitronellal came available. A suitable natural extract of lily of the valley was and is not known, mixing naturals to approximate the scent has not been succesfully done. Besides hydroxycitronellal we now have several synthetics available for making a reasonable lily of the valley note.
The base of a lily of the valley note is one or more 'green' floral aromachemicals. In the formulation below we use the already mentioned hydroxycitronellal, besides Majantol.
The other components each modify this base: citronellol and ethyl linalool give a fresh floral aspect. Hedione, Heliotropex N and EO Ylang ylang III add a jasmin/balsamic floral note. The cis-3-hexenol adds a green note and, though synthetic, adds to the naturalness of the fragrance.
24 - Majantol
24 - Hydroxycitronellal
16 - Citronellol
16 - Ethyl Linalool
8 - Hedione
5 - EO Ylang Ylang III
5 - Heliotropex N
2 - cis-3-hexenol
The EO Ylang ylang III adds to the naturalness too, besides the spice accent it has, just like Heliotropex N.
After mixing this compound the cis-3-hexenol overpowers, however, this improves over time.