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Answer for the clue "Liquid used in perfumery ", 6 letters:
ionone

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n. (context chemistry English) Any of a series of closely related aromatic chemical substances that are part of a group of compounds known as rose ketones, including damascones and damascenones, found in a variety of essential oils.

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The ionones are a series of closely related chemical substances that are part of a group of compounds known as rose ketones , which also includes damascones and damascenones . Ionones are aroma compounds found in a variety of essential oils , including ...

Usage examples of ionone.

It was first isolated by the eminent chemist Tiemann and formed the basis of his researches on artificial Violet perfume, and in 1893 he succeeded in preparing an allied body, which was termed Ionone and which had an odour even more like that of Violets than had Irone, and is now largely manufactured for the perfumery trade in making toilet waters and handkerchief extracts.