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CYCLOPENTADECANOL

CAS

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Material type

synthetic aroma chemical

Canonical source

arctander

Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags

musk-accordwhite-floralclean-laundryamberwoody

How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family

musky

Note tendency

Base

Descriptors

musky

A soft, clean macrocyclic musk with a waxy-sweet character reminiscent of Exaltolide but slightly more powdery and less animalic. Smooth, skin-like and diffusive in the drydown, with a gentle creamy warmth.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity

4 / 10

Tenacity

9 / 10

Volatility

2 / 10

Members

The rest of this material

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chemicals · No. 810

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 334.

tenacity · lowpower · weak

musky

226.41

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Appearance

Colorless oily liquid.

Solubility

Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Odor

Weak, musky odor.

Uses in perfumery

This material has only little more than academic interest, since it has been identified as a component of the Musk from Louisiana muskrats.

Identity

Aliases · 1

Nor-muscol

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