Lilytol

What Lilytol smells like

Perfumer's Apprentice describes Lilytol as a high-cis version of Mayol giving a clean, enhanced white-floral effect: fresh, floral, magnolia and muguet, clean and grassy. Olfactorian describes a fresh, clean floral with soft magnolia petals and grassy-green facets, a subtle muguet sweetness and a hint of cumin spice.

Leading note

Fresh magnolia

Clear facets

Muguet

Supporting facets

Grassy-green

Faint facets

Cumin

Character

Clean, fresh

• magnolia
• muguet
• fresh
• clean
• grassy

What makes Lilytol distinctive

Mayol made cleaner and more floral by its higher cis content, as its distributor describes it.

Where the descriptions disagree: Olfactorian lists Mayol among Lilytol's other names; Perfumer's Apprentice distinguishes it as Mayol's high-cis version, which is how this record treats it.

How Lilytol is used

Used for a clean, enhanced white-floral effect in muguet, magnolia and fresh floral accords.

Typical role: modifier (used in small amounts to change the character of a blend); blender (smooths the joins between other materials).

How Lilytol differs from similar materials

Mayol*

Perfumer's Apprentice calls Lilytol a high-cis version of Mayol with a cleaner, enhanced white-floral effect. (compared directly by a cited source)

An asterisk marks a difference that a cited source states directly. The others compare the published descriptions of each material. Smell varies with grade, supplier and dilution; compare them side by side on blotters before substituting one for another.

Formulation considerations

Shares its CAS number with Mayol and differs from it in isomer ratio; formulas that name it are not read as Mayol. Perfumer's Apprentice reports that Bedoukian is discontinuing it.

Identity and classification

Type

Aroma chemical

Origin

Synthetic

Odour family

Floral / Green

Note position

Heart note

Physical form at room temperature

Liquid

Also known as

cis-p-Menthan-7-ol

No CAS number is shown. The identity of Lilytol is taken from documentation by Perfumer's Apprentice, Olfactorian; Bedoukian's Lilytol is described as a high-cis version of Mayol, cis-p-menthan-7-ol, sold under Mayol's own CAS number; that number cannot tell the two grades apart, so it is not published for this record. Without a verified number there is no formula, molecular weight or structure drawing either.

Safety and compliance

This page is general information, not a safety assessment or a specification. Confirm identity, composition, IFRA status and allergen content from your supplier's documents for the lot you hold.

Materials it works with

• Mayol

  Aroma chemical · Floral / Green — muguet, fresh, clean, floral

• Hydroxycitronellal

  Aroma chemical · Floral / Green — muguet, floral, soft, sweet

• Hedione

  Aroma chemical · Floral / Citrus — jasmine, transparent, citrus, airy

Used in formulas and accords

Used in 1 published formula

Lilytol is an ingredient in 1 accord in the Formula & Accord Library.

• Jasmine Accord

  Community Formula · Accord

Further reading

• Building a Lily of the Valley (Muguet) Accord After Lilial and Lyral

  Why muguet is always an accord, what changed when Lilial and Lyral were prohibited in the EU, and how modern muguet accords are built and checked.

• Perfume Materials by Odor Family: A Formulator's Palette Map

  Which materials build each odor family — citrus, floral, woody, amber, musk and more — their usual roles, what to watch for, and links to each in depth.

Questions about Lilytol

Sources

• Perfumer's Apprentice — Lilytol — distributor's description.
• Olfactorian — Lilytol — published perfumery reference.
• Olfactory profile: the RUŌOD Lab team's synthesis of the published descriptions above, reviewed 26 October 2026. Evidence: more than one published description. Classification and the short description: revision 1. Descriptions of odour are judgement, not measurement.