(C) Harry Sherwood 2024
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Ingredient % Comments
Waxy caprate 24.000 If you only get one cognac material after reading this, let Waxy Caprate be it!
Ethyl pelargonate 22.000 Fizzy, champagne
Ethyl levulinate 12.000 Lift and thickness
Diethyl succinate 9.000
Phenoxyethyl Isobutyrate 7.000 You can use a much smaller qty of PEA but it won't last as long.
Ethyl myristate 6.000 Important despite mild odour
Isoamyl Caproate 4.000 Occurs in the natural
Orris Decanone 2.600 Occurs in the natural
Hexyl caproate 2.200 Occurs in the natural
Ethylhexyl acetate 2.000 Sharp brghtness
Ethyl 10 undecenoate 1.500 The waxiest of all
Cognac caprate 1.400 Launched this month. Aka Methyl Caprate
Methyl caprylate 1.000 You can use ethyl octanoate instead
Ethyl Trans-4- Decenoate 0.650 Musty dustiness
Alpha terpineol Nat 95 0.200 You wouldn't think this important in cognac and brandy, but it turns out to be.
Asparagus Twig absolute 0.190
Perou rect ess 0.040 OK, this was a little bit of a cheat code - rather than adding traces of vanillin, MVP and Eugenol, this is a way to add microdoses of each
Acetaldehyde DEA 0.030
Furfural 0.025 Skip if using oakwood abs or CO2
Isovaleraldehyde Diethyl Acetal 0.020 Coming soon - more pleasant and fruit version of
Damascenone Pure 0.020 Has an incredible effect on booze notes
Cis 3 Hexenyl Pyruvate 0.020 You can swap for the isobutyrate if required, this one is just more alcoholic ethereal
Prenyl acetate 0.025 Important - vary for banana note
Isoamyl alcohol 0.025 Important
Theaspirane 0.020 Actual cognac contains Vitispirane, but this is the closest commercially available analogue in terms of structure and odour.
Noiricot 0.025 AKA 2-methyl Valeric acid
Propyl propionate Natural 0.010 Optional
(+/-) Wool Abs Upcycled 4.000 A decent dose but it's not expensive and ads so much luxury!
Total 100.000