Ionone Alpha is the most floral and violet-like of the ionone family and it is absolutely essential to the creation of natural violet notes in a fragrance. Like its counterpart, Ionone Beta, there are also berry and woody nuances but if it is a floral ionone you are after, this is the one. If you are looking for an especially refined version of Ionone Alpha, particularly for violet and iris fragrances, we also offer Irisone® Alpha. According to Arctander, “[Ionone Alpha is] used widely in perfume compositions of almost all types. It is many decades since the single floral Violet note was appreciated as a fragrance for cosmetic purposes, but lonone has found numerous other applications. The use of lonone in Rose bases is very common and generally well liked, and smaller amounts of lonone are used in woody, herbaceous, floral, balsamic, piney or Citrus-like fragrances. It is almost not possibe to name a fragrance in which Ionone has not been tried for modifications, blending, floralizing mellowing etc. It is often part of the highly desirable complex that displays 'powdery' undertones in a fragrance.”