Cyclamen

• Top notes: aldehyde C-10, neroli, linalol, hydroxycitronellal, styrol acetate, phenyl acetic aldehyde 
• Middle notes: jasmine, rose, tuberose, terpineol, ionone alpha, violet, orris, rose, cinnamic alcohol, ylang ylang
• Base notes: orris, ambergris, benzoin, coumarin, musk, acetic ether

The cyclamen flowers C. persicum, grow mostly in certain mountainous districts of France, more especially in Savoy, and the fresh flower loses most of its odor after having been picked. When cultivated it has no odor but the wild flower has an extremely sweet odor, as fine as that of violet, but with a distinct character of its own. In preparing an artificial oil the following are chiefly used: ionone, linaloöl, terpineol, hydroxycitronellol, and phenylacetic aldehyde. By means of a new chemical body recently discovered a more true imitation of the odor of this flower has been produced. 

Cyclamen is the name given to an exceptionally pretty genus of flowering plants which are found growing wild in the Alpine regions but are much cultivated in greenhouses in this country. They belong to the NO Primulaceæ and the Sowbread. C Europeum is one of the best known having reddish purple flowers the lobes of the corolla being reflexed. Some of the varieties of this species are very fragrant but there is little doubt that another species C persicum is the most powerfully scented odour of cyclamen recalls that of a bouquet composed of lilac and violets with sometimes just a suspicion of hyacinth. The principal constituents of synthetic cyclamen will therefore be hydroxycitronellal, ionone, linalol, terpineol, and either styrol acetate, cinnamic alcohol, or phenyl acetic aldehyde. The following formula will give a good imitation of the flower perfume: 

• Hydroxycitronellal 200 cc
• Linalol 250 cc
• Terpineol 250 cc
• Ionone alpha 25 cc
• Orris concrete 15 grams 
• Rose synthetic 50 сс
• Cinnamic alcohol 80 cc
• Amber liquid 25 cc
• Aldehyde C10 5 cc
• Benzoin R 100 cc

Cyclamen:

• Tincture of synthetic neroli 4 liters and 500 cc
• Tincture of synthetic jasmine 2 liters and 200cc
• Infusion of tuberose 2 liters and 200cc 
• Infusion of violet 1 liter and 125cc 
• Tincture of coumarin 120 grams 
• Infusion of artificial rose 360 gr
• Infusion of musk 50gr 
• Infusion of benzoin 60gr  
• Artificial essence of ylang ylang 10gr 
• Acetic ether 3gr 

Alpine Cyclamen -Cyclamen des Alpes

• 100% Artificial Cyclamen Base: 7 g
• Genuine Tuberose Essence: 1 g
• Rose de Mai Essence: 1 g
• Artificial or Natural Amber: 1 g
• Benzyl Benzoate: 90 g

All other perfumes may be prepared in the same manner, using 7 to 9 parts of artificial flower essence, 1 to 3 parts of genuine liquid absolute essences (produced in the South of France), and 50 to 90 parts of an organic solvent.