Linalool

Linalool is one of the most common fragrance materials. Probably you find it in about 90% of all perfumes and perfumed products. It is a very versatile product: its fragrance has aspects of flowers, herbs and citrus. Therefore it fits in almost any fragrance, it blends well with most other materials. It is fresh, light, clearly it is there and contributes to the fragrance without being too pushy.

Maybe it is this versatility that makes it a hard material for many starting perfumers: just like other building blocks it is not always clear when to use which versatile material. As a guideline I recommend to consider using it at 2-10% in the compound in case your perfume has floral and/or herbal and/or citrus aspect. That does not mean that it cannot be used in other cases!

It occurs naturaly in many essential oils, in some cases (rosewood, ho wood, coriander seed) even over 80% of the essential oil consists of linalool.