Coumarin
Sweet dried hay, vanilla, almond-like warmth, and fresh-cut grass.
You may know it from The scent of dried hay or tonka beans.
Where it comes from
Found naturally in tonka beans and sweet grasses; also made synthetically.
Worth knowing
It is not vanilla, though it can smell vanilla-like.
IFRA rules
IFRA restricts Coumarin to 1.5% in fine fragrance, citing dermal sensitization and systemic toxicity.
From the IFRA Standards, 51st Amendment. A perfume that lists this note may use a synthetic version the Standard does not cover.
Accords it shows up in
How many of the fragrances listing Coumarin in our catalogue also carry each accord. We counted this ourselves.
Often paired with
The notes that appear next to Coumarin most often in our catalogue.
Well-known fragrances with Coumarin
Fragrances that list it in their notes, most-rated first.
Houses that use it most
Ranked by how many of their well-known fragrances list Coumarin.