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Coumarin

Coumarin is usually associated with the smell of newly-mown, sweetclover hay. It has a very sweet smell, but a very bitter taste

Chemical Formula: C9H6O2
Other names: Coumarin-freshly mowed hay or vanilla-like odor
Layman's explanation: Coumarin was identified in the 1820s, and has been synthesized in the laboratory since 1868. Coumarin is a natural product found in many plants, including lavender, woodruff, sweetclover, tonka beans, strawberries, apricots, cherries, and cinnamon. It is used in fragrances, cosmetics, toilet soaps, toothpastes, hair preparations, and in tobacco. It is also thought to serve as a pesticide for the plants that produce it. Coumarin can cause internal and external bleeding in livestock. Also, during the tobacco expos , when people found that cigarette companies were adding coumarin to their products, they thought it was rat poison, however, they are not quite the same.
Keywords: sweetclover, lavender, cinnamon

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