PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a perfume compound and a perfume composition having unconventional unique aromatic characteristics.
SOLUTION: An optically active amide is represented by formula (1) (wherein, R denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and the configuration of asymmetric carbon marked with a symbol * denotes R or S). The perfume composition comprises the optically active amide as an active ingredient.
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